Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] life [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was , some 50,000 soldiers were to lose their lives during the next few months in fruitless attacks on Chunuk Bair . |
| 2 | Helen , however , was still imprisoned in the fears and longings that had marked her life during the first years of puberty and was obsessed with the idea that she would never marry and have children . |
| 3 | Standing in front of the hall is a war memorial , which records the names of 13 men who served and/or lost their lives during the First World War . |
| 4 | On the more serious side , make a pilgrimage to the infamous ‘ Death Railway ’ in the River Kwai Valley where thousands lost their lives during the Second World War . |
| 5 | No fewer than 39,000 members of the Merchant Service lost their lives in the Second World War , many of them in the Western Approaches , yet they are invariably overshadowed by their more glamorous allies in the Royal Navy . |
| 6 | At least ninety-three people lost their lives in the first days of fighting . |
| 7 | His other books included his Life of the first Marquess of Ripon ( 1921 ) . |
| 8 | They really run this hospital , and they 'll be running your life for the next few years . ’ |
| 9 | Chambers sums them up as : ‘ how to live your life in the 20th century and remain sane and happy ’ . |
| 10 | The clock was installed in 1920 with money raised by the parishioners with the intention of creating a long-lasting memorial to those who served and gave their lives in the First World War . |