Example sentences of "and a [adj] life [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A home movie starring Anthony Hopkins Caroline Shapland sacrificed her holly bush and a tranquil life for months of chaos with a film cast . |
| 2 | There are essays to be done , maths questions to answer and a still life to be drawn at almost every school across the country . |
| 3 | Other works in the sale include a Vlaminck ‘ Still life ’ of 1907 , a Renoir portrait of a young girl , still lifes by Matisse and Bonnard , two landscapes and a still life by de Staël and works on paper by Matisse , Moore , Dufy , Braque , Rouault and Vuillard . |
| 4 | For Christ , by his death , has served sentence for our sin , and offers forgiveness and a new life to all men . |
| 5 | Finally there was a harrowing 28-hour drive back to Britain — and a new life for the refugees . |
| 6 | With Uncle 's help we all struggled on after he died , and when I got a bit older and left school it was not possible for me to contemplate leaving home to find a job and a new life outside Baldersdale . |
| 7 | You give me a finger and I give you your freedom , and a new life in North America . ’ |
| 8 | She knew quite well what the future held for her — marriage to Steven and a busy life as the wife of a doctor . |
| 9 | One woman , who already had a job and a busy life of her own , was surprised to find how sad she felt when her children left home in quick succession . |
| 10 | It introduced him to enlightened learning and a sophisticated life of foreign travel , and enabled him to move in the scientific circles centred round Sir Charles Cavendish . |
| 11 | He hesitated to go back to Bathsheba and a comfortable life on the farm . |