Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] for life " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Smith said : ‘ It 's a burden that 's going to be on my shoulders for life . ’ |
| 2 | Basil 's widowed father , a natural son of the Earl of Sandwich , formed part of Wordsworth 's circle of London friends , and the proposal that Wordsworth and Dorothy should become responsible for the child was from the beginning an important part of their plans for life at Racedown . |
| 3 | At the time it seemed as if the government had crushed the nationalist movement by locking up its leaders for life . |
| 4 | They had to be : their needs were tailored to the environment and their capabilities for life within it , rather than an acquisition target that related to profitability and plain old materialism . |
| 5 | When the dockers walked out at Sharpness , responding to the Government 's plants to scrap their jobs for life guarantee under the National Dock Labour Board Scheme , they surprised their own union officials as well as the management . |
| 6 | It was the object of pilgrimage for the living and the dead , and the focus for their hopes for life beyond the grave . |
| 7 | Rover 's 35,000-strong workforce votes today on whether to accept Japanese-style working practices that will virtually guarantee them jobs for life . |
| 8 | You keep your teeth for life and it does n't take much to work towards this goal — just follow the advice given in this leaflet . |
| 9 | competition REGISTER YOUR GUITARS FOR LIFE ! |
| 10 | We made friends then who have been our friends for life . |