Example sentences of "live a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , he would live a good life , and he need not be afraid any more of the evil face of his soul . |
| 2 | We have been allocated a flat and I hope we can live a normal life in spite of the past . |
| 3 | Another reason to be grateful for all the publicity and discussion about child abuse is that former victims are seeking treatment at a far earlier age than was previously the case and therefore are able to go on and live a normal life once that treatment is complete . |
| 4 | Until she returns to Pittsburgh for a check-up next summer , her parents hope she can live a normal life , including starting school . |
| 5 | As always , this winter most labourers will live a hand-to-mouth existence until the grapes are ready for thinning in late August . |
| 6 | I have little doubt , however , that we would live a great deal longer than we do , were it not the case that the same evolutionary changes that make an animal fit when it is young may condemn it to deteriorate when old . |
| 7 | ‘ Does she live a long way off ? ’ |
| 8 | myself , I think that if any thing happens to Keith which is obviously he 's not gon na live a long life if any thing happens to him I , I myself I reckon she 'll go back to London , because she 's got absolutely nothing here she 's got a cousin although , I do n't think she 'd move in , in with her cousin |
| 9 | The ferret can drink and will live a long time should it escape . |
| 10 | The specialists had said that if she was careful , she could live a long time . |
| 11 | It was too dear to her to take on ‘ the degraded position of a woman who had forsaken husband and child and formed a union with her lover … she would always be a guilty woman continually threatened with exposure , deceiving her husband for the sake of a shameful union with a man who was a stranger and independent of her , and with whom she could not live a united life . |
| 12 | The level of the basic retirement pension is such that those who rely on it must either live a frugal existence ( Holman , 1986 ) , take part time jobs for as long as possible to make ends meet or claim income support . |
| 13 | I 'm willing to pay the price for a love that brings out my hidden strengths , for without it I feel I will live a diminished existence , however problem-free . |
| 14 | Its goal was " to achieve a peaceful world where these basic values can be enhanced and where each individual can live a meaningful life with the full development of his or her personality and talents and with the guarantee of human and civil rights in a democratic framework of society " . |