Example sentences of "live for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are some , like erm , oak trees live five or six hundred years if they 're lucky , pines can live for a thousand years , giant tortoises for two hundred , well these are quite impressive figures , but let's face it it 's not very long , erm , compared with the time that evolution has been at it . |
| 2 | They enjoy earthworms , shrimps and pellet food and will live for a good ten years or more if they 're cared for correctly . |
| 3 | Having chosen your leather corals carefully , and provided them with a good aquarium environment , they should grow steadily and live for a long time ( ten years has been reported ) , and possibly even reproduce . |
| 4 | Old man are you gon na live for a long time ? |
| 5 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 6 | He says that if it 's given regular pruning there 's no reason why it should n't live for a few hundred years more . |
| 7 | The longer the lapse of time the less your chance of success , but ferrets can live for a considerable period within a burrow system — as much as three weeks . |