Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] their life " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge described their life together as a story of high achievement and glorious success , which had come through unrelenting hard work , unlimited self-sacrifice and absolute determination . |
| 2 | The gospel touched their lives at the point of loneliness , so the church opened a day care centre providing a lounge with comfortable chairs and a hot meal as an alternative to depending on the local authority ‘ meals on wheels ’ . |
| 3 | If that was n't enough , the author went on to warn his male readers that every ejaculation shortened their lives ! |
| 4 | His wife hated their life here in Munding , and what had happened in the ice-bound park at Easterness had become for her the final bitter vindication of that hate . |
| 5 | No fewer than 39,000 members of the Merchant Service lost their lives in the Second World War , many of them in the Western Approaches , yet they are invariably overshadowed by their more glamorous allies in the Royal Navy . |
| 6 | Mr Ely said the operation changed their lives : ‘ It was like the heavens opening up . ’ |
| 7 | Substantial though both these minorities were , their presence had little impact on the way the majority of Japanese conducted their lives . |