Example sentences of "[to-vb] for life " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 28 then elected continued to sit for life but the last of them , the Earl of Kilmorey , died in 1961 . |
| 2 | In cases in which pain and suffering is not expected to continue for life the court has to form a view as to how long it is likely to continue . |
| 3 | There Peter I had developed at the beginning of the century a system by which a specified number of peasant households had to provide , in periodic levies , a recruit to serve for life . |
| 4 | So we 're looking at the amount we take out of her plan each month to cover for life cover . |
| 5 | He was able to complete his conquest of his brother 's duchy without interruption , and to imprison for life — perhaps to blind — the only member of his family who deserved the protection of the Church . |
| 6 | Without the aid of any sort of therapy , and certainly without the sympathy and understanding which should attend it , I managed to opt for life . |
| 7 | Marriage was expected to last for life and adultery and fornication were punished in the ecclesiastical courts . |
| 8 | Suppose now that a tenant in fee simple granted the land to another to hold for life or in tall . |
| 9 | Yeah but the thing is , it 's something that we 've got to think for life really , or we 're just gon na be in the same situation in a couple of years that we wan na something a bit bigger . |
| 10 | Most refugees have little time to prepare for life in a new country . |
| 11 | However , the very fact that you are reading this proves that you are doing a lot more to prepare for life , and marriage in particular , from a Christian perspective . |