Example sentences of "have a [noun] for life " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has his roots here , however , and has a job for life with us . |
| 2 | Raymond Blanc has an appetite for life , as Janette Marshall found when they talked about food , home and marriage |
| 3 | And if you fail — you 'll have a cripple for life on your conscience . ’ |
| 4 | " Stay in Bideford — and you can have a job for life , " my editor generously told me . |
| 5 | During the past decade , it has become increasingly clear that few people can count on having a job for life . |
| 6 | Accustomed to having a job for life , they had no experience of writing grant applications and working under the pressure of uncertain funding . |
| 7 | These were the days when it was possible to have a lease for life . |
| 8 | Swire was very tall and good-looking , had a zest for life , and was a good horseman . |
| 9 | In the past , this did not mean that we would not move from company to company , it most certainly did not mean that we ha that we thought we had a job for life , but it did mean that we expected a degree of permanence and improvement as part of the reward for our endeavours and labour . |
| 10 | Even now that she had been made a director of the firm , Laura was well aware that it did n't mean that she had a job for life . |
| 11 | You need adequate oxygen supplied to body tissues in order to feel properly energetic and have a zest for life . |
| 12 | If one goes by the ‘ inn and weariness ’ symbolism of Bilbo 's Rivendell song , that means they still have a zest for life . |
| 13 | Just as you think you have a job for life , the magazine folds . |