Example sentences of "[pos pn] lives to be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 They like their lives to be organized and tidy ; they hate paradox and mystery .
2 The guidelines say that doctors should seriously consider requests from patients with incurable diseases who ask for their lives to be ended .
3 The English feared for their lives to be shut out of a keep ; but the Welsh were more wary of being shut in .
4 He warned : ‘ It is easy to be has-beens at 21 with nothing in thee future and for their lives to be ruined .
5 The monks of the Middle Ages used to practise ‘ divine reading ’ , which meant that they expected their lives to be transformed as a result of what they read .
6 In retirement we must achieve a state of calm , for we can not expect large segments of our lives to be filled with ecstasy .
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