Example sentences of "for [pron] life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually though , suicide is an act of complete despair , performed by an individual who feels there is no other option , and for whom life has ceased to have any positive features . |
| 2 | Like many people for whom life presented no challenges , Nicky Scott Wilson , for all his assurance , was a coward . |
| 3 | And is it better to be poor Kittykins , in that dull ground-floor flat in the wrong part of Windsor , for whom life 's highlights have dwindled to pension day and nature programmes on the telly box ? |
| 4 | Perhaps only those for whom life itself had ceased to be worth living . |
| 5 | This box is for the inquiring mind , the person for whom life 's teasing questions never lose their attraction . |
| 6 | ‘ Someone like him , someone with everything , someone for whom life was so sweet , so flawless , how could he die ? |
| 7 | What I do know is that there are thousands and thousands of people out there for whom life is intolerable , roughly ten a day actually succeed in killing themselves , how many more have a go we do n't know . |
| 8 | Told in a series of monologues by its five participants , drag artist Lawrence , played in flamboyant fashion by Joe Standerline , is the central creation , a man for whom life seems to be one long joke . |
| 9 | An example of such a statement might be , " For me life simply has no meaning " , or , " Even when I am enjoying myself I often feel that I do n't belong " . |
| 10 | I , too , began to fear for my life as I stooped over the lavatory bowl . |
| 11 | ‘ Thank you for my life , Señor . ’ |
| 12 | One colourful character in my year said to her class of eleven-year-olds , ‘ I 'm on trial for my life , so mind you behave yourselves ! ’ |
| 13 | I am taking responsibility for my life . |
| 14 | Any other thing that I would do now , I think , would be a violation of God 's will for my life . |
| 15 | I ran for my life , but it followed me all the way home . ’ |
| 16 | The writer Frank Harris , best known for My Life and Loves , insured his card index of the 2,000 women he claimed to have seduced with Lloyd 's . |
| 17 | So , in the meantime , I 'll just see how dreadful a time I can have , so that everyone feels sorry for me and I can avoid taking responsibility for my life ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'LL FIGHT FOR MY LIFE ’ SAYS MARTI |
| 19 | I 'm excited about my future as God reveals more of his plan for my life . |
| 20 | If I have to go back I 'm scared for my life . |
| 21 | He is just what I needed for my tennis and for my life . ’ |
| 22 | she said she had prayed and prayed , struggling with God for my life . |
| 23 | ‘ I called you because I 'm frightened , honest-to-God scared for my life . |
| 24 | ‘ In Jamaica once I really feared for my life . ’ |
| 25 | Quickly , I picked myself up and ran for my life through the trees . |
| 26 | ‘ I am the unhappiest creature in the world , but I shall fight for my life , ’ he said . |
| 27 | But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid . |
| 28 | Ought I to be fearful for my life ? ’ |
| 29 | For my life I can not understand , what is it makes this man now so lame , so hesitant , so crippled , who was wont to be hale and prompt enough . |
| 30 | And I could n't sell it to you — not for my life , I could n't . ’ |