Example sentences of "have a life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond this specific instance , fourfoldness has a life of its own in his thought ; it appears in card-games — ‘ le jeu des cartes ’ relates to ‘ le jeu Descartes , — where there are four suits , plus a joker , whom Megill identifies with Derrida himself . |
| 2 | The death-watch beetle has a life cycle of three to ten years depending upon the nature of the timber it inhabits . |
| 3 | And I realized that when you record a song it 's not yours anymore , it has a life of its own . |
| 4 | The European Council already has a life of its own that can act against national interests . |
| 5 | Its Studio Theatre has a life of its own at the forefront of creative theatre . |
| 6 | Tramway track on straight sections has a life of 25–30 years , but on sharp curves has to be renewed every 2–3 years , although this life has been extended by ribbon welding ( see p. 101 ) . |
| 7 | It has a life of 5000 hours . |
| 8 | She has a life of her own outside the kitchen , for she is compiling ‘ Five Thousand and One Witty and Humorous Sayings ’ , and on most afternoons gives an hour to unravelling her material . |
| 9 | In the green Nineties , every rusting heap has a life after death . |
| 10 | Spontaneous handwriting has a life and character of its own , conveyed to it by a busy brain through easy fingers . |
| 11 | The American writer Leslie Farber has a great deal to say about ‘ the life of suicide ’ , which he insists , ‘ must not be seen as the situation or state of mind which leads to the act , but that situation in which the act-as-possibility , quite apart from whether it eventually occurs or not , has a life of its own . ’ |
| 12 | It applies to the symbolic language of dream life , which seems to be almost universal among Homo sapiens and which has a life of its own . |
| 13 | You look at Big Tom and you can see that he has a life and a heart and a world . |
| 14 | You 've all of you , there 's no denying it , you 've all too often taken advantage of Eleanor , and so it 's only right and proper now you should respect the fact she has a life of her own . ’ |
| 15 | The problem lies in the fact that the penis has a life and a mind all of its own . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you think that has a life after death ? ’ |
| 17 | It is almost as if the author is trying to suggest that the mechanical and functional beauty of the train , who seemingly has a life of her own , can surpass that true beauty of nature . |
| 18 | I wish him luck knowing it has a life span of maybe seventy years to run . |
| 19 | Only a few reports concerned the fate of oesophagitis , and then with relatively short follow up , although the typical patient is young or middle aged and thus has a life expectancy of several decades . |
| 20 | The X Trust is based in Guernsey under which the trustees are A , B and C. D has a life interest under the trust . |
| 21 | the lack of heavyweights will mean little to the atmosphere at Henley because it has a life of its own |
| 22 | The average British male now has a life expectancy of 77.6 years compared with 75 in 1960 , while women are expected to live until 81.7 compared with 78.9 in 1960 . |
| 23 | Tavernier , who is a native Lyon , Birmingham 's twin town , has had a life long love affair with cinema . |
| 24 | ‘ But if I do n't achieve it , I wo n't think I 've had a life unfulfilled . |
| 25 | She must have had a life apart from what we know about and she 's living it , ’ she concluded , lamely . |
| 26 | And if that sounds unexciting , I have had a life full of turbulence , and I do n't need any more . |
| 27 | BOB Kernohan , mentioned last week as a possible lay candidate for Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , has had a life outside the Kirk , we learn . |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't have a life line , ’ she says . |
| 29 | Parents : We must all have a life of our own |
| 30 | Linda Welsh has previously suggested that the key issue is competence , at a time when the knowledge gained in initial vocational education may have a life span as short as four years . |