Example sentences of "put [pos pn] life " in BNC.

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1 She added : ‘ I put my life and my memories into this house and now everything is gone .
2 I put my life down to fish and
3 I mean , I knew from my own experience that carers were not getting the help , they were not getting the back-up , so any sort of really good telephone numbers I had laid my hands on got sort of written away in a wee book , and I was lucky enough to come across an association that actually backed up carers and actually were willing to sort of , put their life on the line and say to me , yes , you have got rights and you need support and we are here to give you that support .
4 ‘ I put your life in danger .
5 You know he 's going into the country so I 'm to go too and I 'll live nearby in a little room or a shed , for I 'm going to put my life in order , I 'm crazed with living in London and in the pubs and getting drunk every day , no wonder I could n't write poetry , for I could n't think .
6 I 'm beginning to put my life together again now and I 'm concentrating on my riding to help me get through .
7 ‘ Because I am about to put my life , and the lives of others , in your hands .
8 She has to put her life back in order to rid her of Fred whose antics are only adding to her problems .
9 He had invoked the name of Callanish and it had sent its power into Minch and left him with a promise he must keep : to put her life before his own if ever chance or opportunity came .
10 It had taken her all this time to put her life back together , and now it looked as if it might be turned completely upside down again , and all because of Julius !
11 My fellow residents turned out to be a chap in his late thirties who was trying to put his life back together after the death of his wife and various other things , and a chap of about my age who had also run into problems after his wife died .
12 The QC also considered ‘ his attempts to put his life in order and adopt a more responsible and sincere approach to his affairs ’ .
13 Simmons decides whether to put his life in Webbo 's hands once more
14 According to some theorists , that 's the only way men can let down their macho defences : in blood-letting , catastrophe , a suicidal willingness to put your life on the line .
15 ‘ I 'd put my life on it . ’
16 I 'd already put my life on the line by marrying you when I thought you were in love with Radcliffe .
17 Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order .
18 She would put her life on it that he had n't .
19 Well , he killed Olympia , not really meaning to , but definitely by putting her life at risk .
20 Even if we did manage to overpower them we could be putting her life in danger .
21 Now she needed all the strength she could muster if she was to start putting her life back together .
22 She would have put her life on it .
23 He must not put his life in danger by staying here . ’
24 The year she died Sir Walter Raleigh was in South America , on his last ill-fated search for Eldorado : he had , like many of his contemporaries , quite literally put his life on the line to find this worldly paradise .
25 In either case you can easily and very quickly dehydrate and put your life at risk .
26 This may not be the case , be realistic about your needs : do not skimp on food or heating or you may put your life at risk in the winter .
27 So we , we understand the implications , and to the money to actually put your life to right , is an absolutely wonderful contract .
28 You could be putting your life , or at least your health , at risk for the sake of a few pounds .
29 ‘ It 's not the first time you 've put your life at risk for the sake of a challenge and I 'm sure it wo n't be the last time either . ’
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