Example sentences of "their lives " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is one lesson that could save their lives . |
| 2 | Some artists separate their art from their lives , some are articulate about their aims , others are gruffly evasive . |
| 3 | It provided the subjects with a soothing and uplifting hope that whenever there appeared in their lives an oppressive mischance , some tormenting difficulty , His Most Unrivalled Highness would hearten them — by attaching the greatest importance to that mischance or difficulty . |
| 4 | Their lives take a startling turn when a friend is murdered in the local park . |
| 5 | Each of several characters is followed through twenty-four hours and their lives touch only at certain points in the narrative . |
| 6 | Two professional baseball players find their lives drawn together in unusual circumstances . |
| 7 | There are several complaints that may affect women at some time in their lives from period pains and pre-menstrual tension to thrush and cystitis . |
| 8 | It is very common — more than half the women in this country suffer from cystitis at some point in their lives . |
| 9 | men who have accepted a system of values by which to live , can not without courting in-efficiency and chaos keep for long a fenced-off portion of their lives where they think and behave according to a contrary set of values . |
| 10 | there is no doubt that from the perspective of incumbents in positions of command or maintenance in structure , communitas — even when it becomes normative — represents a real danger , and indeed for all those , including even political leaders who spend much of their lives in structural role playing , it represents a temptation . |
| 11 | To the scourge of this Depression dark voices were being added , and the shadows of armed conflict were beginning to impinge — a most unwelcome , even unbelievable thought to those who had , within the last 20 years , already risked their lives for King and country in ‘ The War To End All Wars . ’ |
| 12 | Up to that time their lives had been appallingly difficult , given the savage treatment their fellow-Poles meted out to them . |
| 13 | It haunted , it tyrannised their lives , not least his own . |
| 14 | There are parts of Asia and Africa where there are good memories of English people who devoted themselves , sometimes gave their lives , to the practical good of the indigenous population . |
| 15 | Support groups for people with particular needs or conditions also play a vital part in helping some older people and their families to adapt to changes in their lives . |
| 16 | These may include activities with organisations that are concerned with the quality of their lives ( eg pressure groups ) , intergenerational activities and those which promote individual development . |
| 17 | Four lost their lives . |
| 18 | This is that city which readers of Crime and Punishment carry with them for the rest of their lives . |
| 19 | ‘ Some of these men had been so badly damaged , both physically and mentally , by their experiences on the battlefield and in POW camps that their lives were ruined . ’ |
| 20 | Supt John Hoyle said he and his 25 officers feared for their lives as about 100 guards and party organisers smashed their vehicles , let off the gas , and menanced them rottweiler and dobermann dogs . |
| 21 | More than 50,000 Vietnamese ‘ boat people ’ waste their lives in squalid , overcrowded prison-like camps in Hong Kong , almost certainly having lost their gamble to secure a new life in the West . |
| 22 | They are claiming more than £100,000 compensaion for what they allege was the ‘ catastrophic ’ effect the contamination has had on their lives . |
| 23 | ‘ Millions of people will see the film who 'd never step into a theatre to save their lives . |
| 24 | People choose to spend a high proportion of their disposable income on buying and running a car because car ownership enhances their lives . |
| 25 | WASHINGTON — Like the whiting in Alice in Wonderland who wanted the snail to go faster because of the porpoise on his tail , Americans are constantly worried about the pace of their lives . |
| 26 | The US administration has requested the extradition of 80 traffickers , but the drug barons have said they would prefer to die in Colombia than spend the rest of their lives in US jails . |
| 27 | In exchange for $1,000 , each ‘ partner ’ was promised a three-night stay at the hotel every year for the rest of their lives . |
| 28 | Just inside the front porch , a handwritten book is prefaced with the words ‘ This book has been compiled that something , more than their mere names , may be known of the Lavenham men who gave their lives for their country in the Great War . ’ |
| 29 | For others it provided a safe environment in which they could recognise the insecurities that were messing up their lives . |
| 30 | NEARLY 100,000 young people go missing in Britain each year , many of whom are lured into prostitution in fear of their lives by ‘ the unscrupulous and powerful ’ , according to a study into the country 's first safe house for young runaways . |