Example sentences of "[vb pp] for life " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 2 | But you talk with a group of youngsters , one of whose friends has just been flown back from a border patrol paralysed for life ; or to a big warm-hearted farmer who tells you , as he jokes with his grandchildren , how he sleeps with his rifle beside his bed and watches every road for landmines — and you see the other side of the coin . |
| 3 | Is it seriously suggested that the entire elderly population should be regularly screened , that a clear majority should be followed up monthly for six months , and that half should be treated for life on the basis of even the most optimistic interpretation of the trial data ? |
| 4 | DESIGNED FOR LIFE |
| 5 | The answer must be that the bird is designed by nature for this medium in the same way that dolphins are designed for life beneath the sea . |
| 6 | ‘ A fearful thing for so young and attractive a lady to be trapped for life . |
| 7 | I pulled him away and tried to get him upstairs in case he was traumatized for life , but he kicked me in the balls . |
| 8 | A few weeks of war and from what the psychiatrists are saying more than half of them are shattered for life . |
| 9 | A person who has applied for life assurance , but who does not wish to have the test after being asked to do so , should write withdrawing their life assurance application at once , because otherwise it will be refused . |
| 10 | Five of the eight prisoners due to be released were convicted of terrorism and sentenced for life in the famous Rivonia Trial of 1964 . |
| 11 | She was sentenced for life to be Clare 's younger sister in his eyes . |
| 12 | We are not made for life or anything like that but there is a fair bit coming in . |
| 13 | Johnston , a repeated critic of the Deans family , added : ‘ Two years ago , I told Hamish Deans that if his son took over Falkirk , he would either be accepted for life by the Falkirk fans or hounded until he left . |
| 14 | The Miguelist forces entered Funchal , and some 146 people and twenty-one clergy were arrested and imprisoned , sent to Lisbon and deported for life to the Portuguese colonies . |
| 15 | Some were appointed by letters patent under the Great Seal : in 1299 , for example , Gervase of Holloway , King 's yeoman , was granted for life , as a reward for long service : |
| 16 | Yet as she sank to the floor and died they fell back , they shrank back and made the space for her she had needed for life . |
| 17 | We are talking here not specifically about DNA , but about the basic ingredients needed for life to arise anywhere in the universe . |
| 18 | Factors needed for life ? |
| 19 | No , factors needed for life . |
| 20 | Well look back to the factors needed for life first of all . |
| 21 | The next day , some well-planted flowers and a nippy little spider that jumped quite considerable chasms to get to where it wanted to go showed me that juice was still to be had for Life and , quite soon after , I found bits of myself on a train looking out at the curious modern mixture of silver birch trees growing on slag heaps . |
| 22 | Even common sense will tell you that children under a variety of other social stresses are scantily equipped for life by a five hour programme . |
| 23 | There are identifiable skills which the teacher knows and which need to be explained to the children and practised so that they are well equipped for life . |
| 24 | Wise move : Breeders of barn owls will need a licence to release them into the wild from January to stop them being freed into unsuitable areas ill equipped for life in the wild . |
| 25 | The plaintiff 's position now is that she has to face the fact that she 's wheelchair bound for life and unable to speak . |
| 26 | I believe that if somebody kills another person while drunk and at the wheel of a car , then that person should be disqualified for life . |
| 27 | With the influx of Saltley Carriage men and their families in 1865 , it appears that many could not find a home within easy striking distance of the works , and being town dwellers not used to walking , opted for life in the nearest town , Northampton . |
| 28 | I 'd be marked for life — One of Those . |
| 29 | He had been marked for life . |
| 30 | She did , though , wonder what dreadful accident had left him marked for life , and lame into the bargain . |