Example sentences of "life [prep] [pers pn] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The power axe , clenched in his mailed fist , still hewed away at the same small area in front of him , but for the life of him he could n't push himself into the space it liquefied , nor could he shift the weapon to left or to right , so firmly was his arm held by the hydra . |
| 2 | But for all his new acquaintance 's mildness there was something about him that made Hugh uneasy , and for the life of him he could n't figure out what it was . |
| 3 | For the life of him he could n't think of what to do next . |
| 4 | Fleury uttered a curse and started to examine it , for the life of him he could not see what was the matter . |
| 5 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 6 | She would not have told him where she was going , but for the life of her she would not have been able to invent a pressing enough reason for leaving the house , least of all with only the shelter of her flimsy summer hat , since an umbrella had not been top of her list of things to pack when she had hurriedly boarded the plane at Heathrow . |
| 7 | For the life of her she could n't fathom where funerals came into it . |
| 8 | For the life of her she could n't move and as Shirley left , her face alight with enquiry , Jenna motioned the tall dark stranger to come into the sitting-room . |
| 9 | For the life of her she could n't say the expected thing and it hurt with surprising depth that this man had known her father when she herself had not known him at all . |
| 10 | There was just something about Luke Calder that seemed to affect her , although for the life of her she could n't understand what it was . |
| 11 | But for the life of her she could not behave as she ought when she stood among the rubble to which her life had been reduced . |
| 12 | For the life of me I ca n't remember what courses I took — it was so boring . |
| 13 | To quieten her , to get away from the dark , lurking forest of the past , she said , ‘ I 'll get you a drink , though for the life of me I ca n't imagine why you are cold . |
| 14 | I remember that there was terrible screaming and that blows were delivered , but for the life of me I ca n't recall ever making sense of the basic problem . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you . |