Example sentences of "['s] life [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | An interpretation I have often heard is that God 's ways are mysterious and wonderful , and it may well be that in the very last moments of the person 's life they had an encounter with God that set them on the path to eternal life . |
2 | It was a child 's life they were talking about , after all . |
3 | Folk live on those boats like they do on the Seine , it 's the artist 's life they 're leading there . |
4 | Later in Michael Ramsey 's life it disturbed his conventional critics when they found a guardian of Catholic orthodoxy saying that he hoped and expected to meet atheists in heaven . |
5 | But pretty soon into the new model 's life it was clear that adverse press reaction was far from Ford 's biggest worry . |
6 | When academics delve into someone 's life it is called Biography ; when therapists posit theories on human behaviour it is called Psychology ; when sociologists ruminate on society it is called Sociology . |
7 | So very early in a horse 's life it establishes eating habits , and the horse may be very reluctant to change these habits when it is mature . |
8 | If he does n't believe me it 's because he does n't want to , and if I save his daughter 's life it will be in spite of him . ’ |
9 | As a behind-the-scenes view of an artist 's life it makes an interesting comparison with other recent artists ' lives — Rodin , John , Modigliani and Picasso — all of whom he knew . |
10 | At 50 points it 's quite expensive , but if it saves your Warlord 's life it 's obviously worth it . |
11 | Third , ‘ theories that attach moral significance to difference ’ : these approaches regard inequality as morally important , whenever in a person 's life it occurs . |
12 | Whatever the uncertainties of the precise dates , events and social connections in Rolle 's life it is clear from external and internal evidence that he felt increasingly compelled towards a solitary life because it facilitated contemplative inner life which was for him the reality to be cultivated above all other . |
13 | And I think that drug taking has always been here , it will probably always be here , but in most people 's life it 's a transient thing , it 's a phase perhaps erm as animals we like to change our mental state ? |
14 | It was not too hot to sleep : in Coffin 's life it had never been too hot or too cold or too anything to find oblivion . |
15 | But , if a test on a chimpanzee would save my child 's life I 'm afraid I 'd go for the test on the chimpanzee . |
16 | I was gon na further say that erm , you know , beside lack of information itself , information of repression , information into someone 's life I mean , repression necessarily I mean the , the thing that someone does in their lifetime might necessarily strange and distracted , and the purpose of the thing |
17 | The mixed media trio did not prove successful but during that period of David 's life he found work as an extra on the film The Virgin Soldiers and appeared in a pilot television commercial for Lyons Maid , advertising their new ice-cream . |
18 | Of course Boy had seen inside a lot of different men 's houses , but this was the first man 's life he had ever watched at such close quarters , the first time he had ever seen a man taking care of himself , the first time he had ever seen another man living day after day after day . |
19 | Several of the Covenanters , including some of the officers , told Morton that the order of the day had been ‘ No quarter — No prisoners ’ and threatened to kill the prisoner but the powerful blacksmith declared that having spared the man 's life he would defend it with his own . |
20 | All Joe 's life he 'd been asked what it was like being Jerry Lewis 's kid and his answer was always : ‘ It 's great , he 's great ’ . |
21 | All Marion 's life he had grumbled about being both a father and a mother to her and when she was small she had felt that he was cross with her . |
22 | As ‘ number-one woman ’ in your husband 's life you are in a strong position , and can afford to be very generous to her , especially in the all important matter of making sure that she is often able to spend time quite alone with her son . |