Example sentences of "life if he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this distance it is impossible to tell if Gert could have made more of his early life if he had been given the chance to make use of the ‘ creative ability ’ spotted early on by one of his helpers . |
| 2 | It was often , and still is , alleged by his devotees that Charles I could have saved his life if he had been willing to abandon his Church . |
| 3 | Her father was on the brink of alcoholism , a pathetic figure who could only face life if he had a bottle in his hand . |
| 4 | Various factions are at work , each seeking to promote its own interests — I 'd not give a fig for the young king 's life if he fell in with one of them ! |
| 5 | ‘ Taplow was promised his life if he supported our destruction of Buckingham but in Newgate he began to recant . ’ |
| 6 | One of the grotesque provisions it contained gave him the ‘ right ’ ( on whose authority — God Almighty 's ? ) to terminate his own life if he found his state unbearable . |