Example sentences of "[v-ing] for life " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his celebrated letter to Chesterfield , Samuel Johnson asks : ‘ Is not a Patron , My Lord , one who looks with unconcern on a Man struggling for Life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help . ’ |
| 2 | An intricate watering system would eventually replace the army of Baluchistan gardeners who tended not only the road islands but the roundabouts and the young plantations of trees struggling for life under the condemnation of the sun . |
| 3 | A fly , whose buzzing had been driving me insane , was struggling for life . |
| 4 | Mr Wolski thought of his friend the eagle who was struggling for life through this long night Then he did something he had not done for years , for decades , since before the darkness came to his own life in the Second World War : he said a silent prayer . |
| 5 | we , also , are dying for life . |
| 6 | A conventional multiplier to apply in such case to expenses continuing for life would be 16 . |
| 7 | And the result is that more motorists than ever are opting for life behind the wheel of a diesel vehicle . |
| 8 | Running for life : slow turnings make the book |
| 9 | To do so could put a child off reading for life . |
| 10 | The payments you should be making for life assurance , permanent health and any other insurance necessary to protect your family financially should be included in your budget too . |
| 11 | Keepers discovered her desperately fighting for life at the West Midlands Safari Park where she had to be hand-reared before being transferred to the Kingsley wildlife sanctuary , Cheshire , where she takes every opportunity to hitch a ride from the resident Bull Terrier bitch . |
| 12 | A YOUNG policewoman was fighting for life early today after being stabbed three times as she tried to break up an argument . |
| 13 | FIGHTING for Life in Altrincham precinct , and in Cross Street , Manchester . |
| 14 | She revealed that she first learnt of the threatened closure while her daughter was fighting for life . |
| 15 | Head injuries leave sportsmen fighting for life |
| 16 | A TODDLER was fighting for life last night after he swallowed a bottle of lethal acid at a doctor 's surgery . |
| 17 | A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy was fighting for life last night after being hit by a bike at a moto-cross meeting . |
| 18 | Valerie Slimp , 39 , was fighting for life as the venom from the deadly Brown Recluse Spider attacked the cells in her body . |
| 19 | LITTLE Jolene Watkins , 11 , was fighting for life last night after being crushed by a runaway car which hurtled into a play- ground . |
| 20 | I remember the over-eager , gaping mouths and outstretched necks , as well as those who could only just about lift their eyelids and had to have the food forced down their throats so that they would have the strength to keep fighting for life . |
| 21 | She fought her way up out of the catharsis , every nerve in her weak , weak body fighting for life . |
| 22 | POLICE are still trying to trace the driver of a car involved in an accident which left 19-year-old Catherine Moore fighting for life . |
| 23 | Players fighting for life after head injuries |
| 24 | A MAN seriously injured in a collision with a bus was last night fighting for life in Wrexham Maelor hospital . |
| 25 | A 16-YEAR-OLD boy is fighting for life in Walton Hospital today after being hit by a van as he was on his way to school . |
| 26 | Well they 'll all be fighting for life all of a sudden |
| 27 | Also , the traditional electron micrography category has been divided to provide separate judging for life science and materials science subjects . |
| 28 | There was speculation that the tabloids were preparing for life under a Labour government . |
| 29 | In part two : uncharted waters … the pilot who 's preparing for life on the high seas . |
| 30 | The country 's newly developing democracy is gasping for life under the heel of an increasingly dictatorial regime , and the ordinary people , especially the poor , are suffering the consequences . |