Example sentences of "live [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 2 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 3 | I had , for the previous fifteen years , enjoyed the privilege of living in a Christian community where the charismatic question had been a lively issue , and where ‘ charismatic ’ and ‘ non-charismatic ’ ordinands lived together in a high degree of mutual trust and love . |
| 4 | The four of them — Simenon , Denyse ( re-named Denise ) , Tigy and Boule — lived together in an exhausting menage a quatre until Denise became pregnant and Simenon demanded a divorce . |
| 5 | Each kind of animal lives best in a particular environment . |
| 6 | Rose of Lima wrote no spiritual works ; influenced , in her time at least , no worldly powers ; reformed no evil Church authorities ; fought no public battles ; and lived anyway in a Third World country thousands of miles from the centre of things . |
| 7 | ( 3 ) In other words , although farm modernisation policies have actively encouraged non-viable or older farmers to retire from farming , many in the poorer areas have not done so , living on in a traditional way for extremely low returns . |
| 8 | Did she die — or is she , too , still living somewhere under an assumed name ? ’ |
| 9 | Ecosystem was a term proposed by the plant ecologist A.G. Tansley in 1935 as a general term for both the biome which was ‘ the whole complex of organisms — both animals and plants — naturally living together as a sociological unit ’ and for its habitat . |
| 10 | The band , forced to play covers of Beatles songs and American country music ( the staple diet of Rhodesian radio ) , immediately switched to traditional African songs written specifically about celebrating freedom and living together in a new country . |
| 11 | There is also some evidence that couples are living together in a stable relationship without being married , having a child , and then getting married later . |
| 12 | For example , the ‘ village community ’ can signify nothing more than a type of settlement — a small number of people living together in a rural location usually in a nucleated pattern . |
| 13 | We are thrilled that she is living happily with a sweet Jack Russell Terrier , several cats , rabbits , and even a horse ! |
| 14 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
| 15 | ‘ Even if he only lived here for a few years when he was small , I wanted him to know something of his roots , to be aware of his background . ’ |
| 16 | The French and Russian revolutions had made an enormous contribution in their time to human progress , but they lived today in a different world in which universal human values must have priority . |
| 17 | Inevitably single women with children and elderly women form an important part of this group , and indeed , housing associations and co-ops have been important in providing groups with an opportunity to live collectively as a positive alternative to the nuclear family . |
| 18 | Many men battled valiantly with what they conceived of as temptation and strove to live up to a higher ideal of married life , and few women , including leading feminists , would have thought of demanding more . |
| 19 | By sheer grace God will not permit us to live even for a brief period in a dream world … . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 21 | If , after that , you ca n't get it to live amicably in a domestic situation , there is not much hope left , although Graham stressed he has had some success with temperament improvements by castrating the males . |
| 22 | Whether the owners of large or small estates , noblemen were members of a caste which was expected to live nobly with a certain liberality and panache ( ‘ vivre noblement ’ ) as befitted their tank . |
| 23 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
| 24 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |
| 25 | To this day they live on as a nomadic people wandering in the wildernesses of northern Ulthuan and ranging across Cothique , Tiranoc and Chrace in small , fierce bands . |
| 26 | To this day they live on as a nomadic people wandering in the wildernesses of northern Ulthuan and ranging across Cothique , Tiranoc and Chrace in small , fierce bands . |
| 27 | Scientific logic has put men on the moon , but seems incapable of solving the energy crisis or of providing the means whereby mankind can live purposefully on a finite planet with shrinking resources . |
| 28 | Wherever the parental duties are too much for one parent , the male and female form a strong attachment for one another and live together as a bonded pair . |
| 29 | Mr Norrie 's father , John , is a church warden and the family live together in a tied house in Blackhall , Edinburgh . |
| 30 | For one month you and your companions will live together on an uninhabited island to show just how resourceful , brave and fit the young people of this country are . |