Example sentences of "[pers pn] that life " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And did n't Maura warn me that life generally got very complicated when you were around ? ’
2 Cancer has taught me that life is n't a dress rehearsal , this is it and you only get the one chance .
3 Do n't try to tell me that life is fair .
4 we 're still involved , and they tell me that life on a fire station is still very pleasant so I 'm sure it must be .
5 And another thing , you really ought to be venturing further afield ; travelling or doing something more challenging now and therefore perhaps you need a gentle prod to remind you that life is only , after all , what you make it .
6 Despite himself , he heard again Fael-Inis 's words earlier : who told you that life was intended to be easy , Mortal ?
7 Cast out by his flock , who fail to persuade him that life is merely a question of survival , Jonathan continues to pursue excellence in flight , and eventually discovers the unlimited potential of being .
8 She wanted to reach out and touch him , to tell him that life could be wonderful .
9 She could hear the regretful , gentle voice of Mother Francis telling her that life was never meant to be easy and that her best course was to work very hard now and get out of this place in record time .
10 Try to persuade her that life is still worth living .
11 We have the example of the anaerobic bacteria to show us that life can exist — indeed , may have to exist — without the presence of oxygen , but that is a slightly different concern : it seems likely that these bacteria evolved in an oxygen-rich environment and then adapted to ecologies lacking in oxygen .
12 We know little of the living conditions of the people of Halling at this period , but examples of other area 's tell us that life for the village labouring class was hard with few comforts , houses being often nothing more than hovels with earth packed floors on which rushes would be strewn .
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