Example sentences of "lived a [adj] life " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smaller resident landowners lived a simple life and were , like the Basque nobility , interested in the reform movement of the late eighteenth century and supplied many of its leaders . |
| 2 | The boy was so far from being ill-used or closely confined that he apparently lived a normal life , at least within the walls , going and coming much as he pleased , and eating in hall like a member of the household . |
| 3 | It sometimes meant he lived a hectic life , especially when the band were playing far from Leeds . |
| 4 | you lived a young life did n't you ? |
| 5 | If his public life was typical of the Whig grandees of his day , Wharton lived a private life ( at least in his head ) that was bizarre in the extreme . |
| 6 | And for two years Pula lived a luxurious life , safe behind a high fence , feeding on imported peanuts , strawberry yoghurt , and fresh vegetables . |
| 7 | As the afternoon wore on he began to look unhappy , muttered to Dr Neil that he might have supposed that his cousin James would forget to come — he lived a busy life , after all . |
| 8 | That 's why he lived a lonely life and locked all his doors so carefully . |
| 9 | But Marje , we discovered last week , lived a double life for over 20 years , privately despising her husband while publicly referring to him as ‘ Proopsie ’ . |
| 10 | Sadie lived a solitary life for about three years without even the company of other dogs . |
| 11 | He ended up in the village of Hampole near Doncaster , where he became the spiritual director of the local anchoress Margaret Kirkby , who lived a solitary life in a cell next to the Church , and the nuns of the enclosed Cistercian convent . |
| 12 | Now God loves the world , he sent Jesus to die for the world , Jesus came , he lived a sinless life , he gave his life on the cross of Calvary , he died there for my sins they were put on him , the whole story of salvation but , salvation in it 's totality is God 's gift , I do not have to merit it . |
| 13 | They lived a reclusive life and were hardly ever seen . |
| 14 | The Cagots lived a peculiar life outside society , without rights but exempt from taxes , wearing a badge on their clothing to indicate their standing , forbidden to walk barefoot , unable to hear mass with their fellow Christians . |
| 15 | He lived a quiet life , with country pursuits his main recreation , and he never lived away from Falkirk . |
| 16 | Yet he had friends , the love of his mother and he lived a full life . |
| 17 | He lived a full life . |