Example sentences of "[vb infin] to life [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we 'd adjust to life without him . |
| 2 | The morality of Ulysses 's speech just can not apply to life in the Greek camps ; base instincts clearly hold sway outside , as well as inside , the Trojan gates . |
| 3 | He asked that she be given six months ' grace at Althorp so she could adapt to life without him . |
| 4 | She was certain his faith would be infectious ; that , like maternal love being born fiercely with the baby , her belief would spring to life with marriage . |
| 5 | The High Street was bedecked with strings of coloured light bulbs and skeletal Christmas trees which would spring to life at dusk . |
| 6 | ‘ Who 'd have thought the old bugger would come to life like that ! ’ she said to Nutty afterwards . |
| 7 | If Labour could not win at a time of economic gloom , bolstered by the most effective campaign it has ever fought , and facing a Government whose campaign did not really come to life until the last 10 days — then when could it ? |
| 8 | Dummies can come to life in books , as it seems they can do for their masters on the stage : and this miracle depends , not only on the author , but also on the people he knows , who may indeed be thought to participate in what he is , and who are likely to participate in his ventriloquism . |
| 9 | I think my characters could really come to life in a film ’ . |
| 10 | I think my characters could really come to life in a film ’ . |