Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] alive " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says it is absolutely the case that the baby can not be born alive if a Caesarean operation is not carried out . |
| 2 | Engine failure north of Reggane and they might not be found alive . |
| 3 | Stephen had gone out first , scrambling up the shaft , putting all his weight this time on the rope and wondering what would happen , whether they would ever be found alive , if the rope came unfastened from the spur of rock to which they had tied it . |
| 4 | Earthworms can also be stored alive in damp leaf mould placed in an icecream tub which has had small holes punched in the lid . |
| 5 | The Sun , on the eve of the Gulf War , had quoted Jason as saying that he would rather be buried alive that fight for his country . |
| 6 | If one had to worry about one 's actions in respect of other people 's ideas , one might as well be buried alive in an ant heap or married to an ambitious violinist . |
| 7 | Brückner could n't be left alive with that knowledge . |