Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [pron] life " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said , ‘ In the event of trickery , you will know better than to hope for your life . |
| 2 | In the end , Mooncult was spotted and had to race for his life down a backstreet pursued by no less than 15 hairy sailor types in cocktail dresses and six-inch heels . |
| 3 | He 's fit and ready to run for his life . |
| 4 | After being defeated by the Roundheads at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 , the future King was compelled to run for his life , and this was how he came to Boscobel . |
| 5 | He had to run for his life as the battered blue vehicle bore down upon him . |
| 6 | He had to run for his life . |
| 7 | It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that with regard to the explicit curriculum , RE has to fight for its life — constant vigilance is the necessary price it pays for retaining any foothold at all in a curriculum groaning under the weight of other priorities . |
| 8 | Hardly aware of what she was doing , driven by the blind instinct to fight for her life , Isabel grabbed at the falling object . |
| 9 | Suddenly the ropes were cut , and the ring was invaded and Burke had to fight for his life . |
| 10 | From the moment he hit the track head-first and rolled down the 50ft high cambered banking , he had to fight for his life . |
| 11 | This all-too brief period was over , and now on the fifth day after his return , the only partly healed Angel One was standing in the death arena , sword in hand , preparing to fight for his life . |
| 12 | I , too , began to fear for my life as I stooped over the lavatory bowl . |
| 13 | In Richard III Clarence has every reason to fear for his life , since he has been imprisoned in the Tower of London . |
| 14 | He would squeeze the life out of that child-faced maniac , let him breathe enough to plead for his life and then choke the air off until his cold fish eyes popped and his tongue arced down to his Adam 's apple . |