Example sentences of "[noun prp] for life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well of course we protested and went on the March for Life and Peace , which was turned back by the military . |
| 2 | The annual March for Life , held on Jan. 22 , the 19th anniversary of Roe v Wade , saw 70,000 opponents of abortion converge on Washington DC . |
| 3 | Hours before the March for Life , dozens of volunteers from Operation Rescue ( a radical anti-abortionist group which had conducted a mass blockade of abortion clinics in 1991 — see p. 38383 ) attempted for the second morning in succession to block access to two abortion clinics in the capital . |
| 4 | In the ‘ free chase ’ of Knaresborough , which had been assigned to Queen Isabella for life , they made an unauthorized perambulation and acted upon it by felling trees , planting hedges , and hunting the deer without warrant . |
| 5 | After his triumph Edward appointed the elder Despenser as justice of the Forest south of Trent for life , repealed the Ordinances , but republished the Ordinance of the Forest of 1306 . |
| 6 | Ramsey was one of four masons on a commission to survey the Tower of London in 1335 , and on 1 June 1336 he received a patent as chief mason at the Tower and chief surveyor of the king 's works south of Trent for life , at one shilling a day and a robe every year . |
| 7 | During this period he contracted to serve Edward for life and from 1317 he was summoned to Parliament . |
| 8 | The Earl of Warwick was made Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire for life , and Arundel Sheriff of Shropshire for life , a sign than his reconciliation with the king was now complete . |
| 9 | He says that it is a sad fact that many early RDS receivers failed to perform even basic tasks adequately , and many people have been put off RDS for life because of : ‘ experiences with receivers that performed inadequately and which failed to live up to the promises the broadcasters made for them ’ . |
| 10 | Reduced to tears , exiled from his team-mates and already banned from playing for his beloved Scotland for life , the sad and victimised figure of Willie Johnson arrived back at Heathrow Airport to be met by his club manager Ron Atkinson . |
| 11 | With the final removal of Bute from the king 's advisers in 1765 George Grenville forced Mackenzie 's removal , but in the 1776 administration of William Pitt , first Earl of Chatham , he was reinstated as lord privy seal for Scotland for life , at the same £3,000 salary but without power . |
| 12 | ZEN FOR LIFE |
| 13 | Knighted by the queen in the following year , he was appointed surveyor of Crown lands in Devon for life , and sat for local constituencies in the next seven Parliaments . |
| 14 | ‘ They sent him to Australia for life , because he tried to escape from the prison-ship . ’ |
| 15 | But I was brought to trial again , and sent to Australia for life . ’ |
| 16 | On 20 November 1508 he leased Exmoor and Neroche Forests to Sir Edmund Carew for life , at an annual rent of £46. |
| 17 | The Earl of Warwick was made Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire for life , and Arundel Sheriff of Shropshire for life , a sign than his reconciliation with the king was now complete . |
| 18 | Soured for life . |
| 19 | Seven years later , in 1390 , Richard created his uncle , John of Gaunt , duke of Aquitaine for life , an act of good intent , and a step in the right direction . |
| 20 | As well as warden , Gloucester was already sheriff of Cumberland for life and had possession of Carlisle and its fee farm . |
| 21 | As well as warden , Gloucester was already sheriff of Cumberland for life and had possession of Carlisle and its fee farm . |
| 22 | Apparently some of the children got quite scared of Jan cos Jan played the part so well ah Joan for life . |
| 23 | HITCHED FOR LIFE : Hitch-hiking is not everyone 's favourite mode of transport — feigning angelic smiles at indifferent drivers from the cold , wet , hard shoulder of Leicester Forest East service station . |
| 24 | In 1328 he obtained the office of Justice of North and South Wales for life , and Chief Reeper of the Peace in Shropshire , Worcestershire and Herefordshire . |
| 25 | The Earl of Arundel was made Justice of North Wales for life , and in a gesture of reconciliation towards the Despenser family Hugh Despenser , the heir to Edward II 's favourite , was restored to some of his father 's lands . |
| 26 | On 7 November he was made justiciar of north Wales for life in place of Hastings to whom Warwick had given the office in the previous August . |
| 27 | On 7 November he was made justiciar of north Wales for life in place of Hastings to whom Warwick had given the office in the previous August . |
| 28 | For a few days I had even considered calling the shop Trumper and Salmon , but dropped that idea when I realised that would only tie me in with Charlie for life . |
| 29 | STYLING TRICKS FROM CLAIROL FOR LIFE IN THE FAST LANE |