Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he could n't for the life of him imagine what he personally could have done to her . |
| 2 | Harris knew that something had happened but he could n't for the life of him think what it might be . |
| 3 | Guy had always liked tall women , preferably those built on rather buxom lines , but right now he could n't for the life of him remember why . |
| 4 | It was enough for a while just to have this clever , charming man as a friend , flattering to have him travel so far when he could just for the pleasure of her company . |
| 5 | He could not for the life of him understand why they should wish to remain inside the cottage while the Domain was dusted with poisons . |
| 6 | He would check it , if he needed to , but he could not at the moment see why Morgan would have wanted to kill the daughter to whom he had plainly been so devoted . |
| 7 | My friend answered that he would n't for the life of him ever tinker with such a volcano : ‘ If I did , ’ he said , ‘ the whole man might fall apart . ’ |
| 8 | And once he makes this decision he he ca n't after a year or two say well no that was wrong , I wo n't I 'll er I 'll change now because he 's only got two years there . |
| 9 | He will not for a moment allow that the doctrine of justification through free grace , received by faith , can lead to antinomianism ( Rom. 6:1ff ) . |
| 10 | But he will not in the end tolerate injustice and unfair treatment on either side . |
| 11 | He 'll get what he can out of the T'ang . |