Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven law lords acting as the highest court in the Commonwealth have ruled that two men on death row in Jamaica for fourteen years should have their sentence commuted to life imprisonment . |
| 2 | THE 88OPEN RISC SUPPORTERS CLUB LOOKS TO LIFE AFTER THE MOTOROLA 88000 |
| 3 | All right , she thought as the car roared to life . |
| 4 | The loft sprang to life . |
| 5 | He paused , too , when he saw her there , a flame flickering to life in the backs of his eyes . |
| 6 | A flicker of hope stirred to life , although it was accompanied by a shiver of horror , as Isabel saw the evil hidden once again behind the truth . |
| 7 | Here on the horizons of thought such ideas as Kant 's noumena come to life . |
| 8 | The tableau came to life , slowly at first , each horseman urging his mount forward into a walk , then a gentle trot . |
| 9 | Slowly the village awakened to life . |
| 10 | He took the crank-handle , inserted it in the hole at the bottom of the radiator and , encouraged by a chorus of ‘ One , two , three , heave ! ’ , swung it energetically until the engine sprang to life . |
| 11 | The mice in their home-made cage on the table by the window sprang to life at the sound of her voice and began to scutter desperately around their dwelling . |
| 12 | Using plenty of knockabout humour and a vigorous comedia dell'arte energy , they unfold this sinister tale of wood brought to life ! |
| 13 | Lights on the ceiling blinked to life , spraying the stage with wild colours . |
| 14 | The cartoon brings to life the humour of these famous characters . |
| 15 | In the evening after a buffet-style meal washed down with free wine , Drago 's Starlight Bar comes to life with live music and cabaret entertainment . |
| 16 | At this , Pop came to life and leapt from his chair . |
| 17 | His body roared to life , hard and urgent , over-riding the pain . |
| 18 | Van Gelder had just left the bridge when another loudspeaker came to life , the repeated double buzzer identifying it as the radio-room . |
| 19 | The room came to life in a soft , yellow glow . |
| 20 | It was a power he too seemed to possess , she thought , as his kisses became more ardent and her body leapt to life . |
| 21 | The child must type the sentence with the words in the correct order , and is rewarded for the right answer by the picture coming to life — John jumps on his bike and cycles to school . |
| 22 | When combined with the need to acclimatise to life at 3,000m ( at Breckenridge or Copper Mountain , for example ) , the after-effects of a journey like this can eat into precious holiday time . |
| 23 | The point brings to life the contrast between explaining and understanding . |
| 24 | Thus in his own way Ashton has reflected the composer 's own imaginative flight of fancy , firstly by following the academic structure of the score and secondly by using his choreographic imagination to bring to life Shakespeare 's mortals and immortals for ‘ of such stuff dreams are made ’ . |
| 25 | Somehow when that person comes on the screen you know immediately , that 's right , that 's the one , they really make the character come to life . |
| 26 | Blondie were a group , but Blondie was also Debbie 's alter ego , a cartoon character come to life , a girl that has fun even if her heart gets broken . |
| 27 | Many of the characteristics of the white colonialist sprang to life , from a crazy ambition to achieve what I wanted — success and applause . |
| 28 | The name of the house means , literally , water running over stones , and a moment 's quietude brings to life the sound of many waterfalls tumbling all around the 800-acre property . |
| 29 | Jewellery Quarter Discovery Centre — A ‘ time capsule ’ jewellery works little changed since 1914 where traditional skills are demonstrated and the history of the Quarter comes to life . |
| 30 | Metal detectors designed especially for the professional and hobbyist markets represent just a tiny fraction of the Garrett electronics empire , but it is in this latter sphere that the Garrett name comes to life . |