Example sentences of "[modal v] live [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That one should live to the utmost of one 's ability to be big — to be noble , and true and honourable and beautiful . |
| 2 | Dad also told Ted that meaning could take years to emerge , but in the meantime he should live in the present , enjoy the sky , trees , flowers and the taste of good food , and perhaps fix a few things in Eva 's house — maybe Dad 's bedside light and tape-recorder — if he needed any practical therapy . |
| 3 | On the contrary , it is a matter of great urgency that the mother 's case should be heard because , at the end of the day , it may be that these children should live in the future with their mother . |
| 4 | ‘ You should live in the city , like me , Brian , ’ says Vic . |
| 5 | But for Christians , the celebrations can not begin quite yet ; first they must live through the year 's darkest day . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course , she must live with the tragedy of her daughter 's suicide for the rest of her life … ’ |
| 7 | Those cases only decided that the successor must live with the tenant in the whole of the premises . |
| 8 | In the meantime I must live with the fact that I sweat like a Sun reader at a philosophy lecture every time my wheels crunch over someone else 's gravel . |
| 9 | You must live in the water here , it's-so fantastic . ’ |
| 10 | A younger son must live in the shadow of this fine brother and serve him . |
| 11 | at least you 'll live in the land of luxury , so she said I might just do that , so , well I 'm not getting involved , let them sort it out |
| 12 | Some day I 'll live in the countryside , I 've promised myself that . ’ |
| 13 | I told myself I could live with the thought of having just a small part of your life and love , but when you put it into words a few moments ago I could see how awful it would have been . |
| 14 | Well it 's , I mean , you know , it 's I I do n't think I could live with the conscience , if I was selling I would say well look |
| 15 | ‘ If the process is allowed to achieve a more relaxed rhythm of its own and we are given enough time to handle the international consequences , the Soviet leadership probably could live with the kind of confederal links between the two Germanys which are under discussion now . ’ |
| 16 | But just let me come back to the the point I want to make , it is it evident to us from what was said yesterday collectively by the District Councils , that they could live with the figure of forty one thousand two hundred , as proposed by the County Council , without a new settlement . |
| 17 | This tendency has no counterpart in Levi , and it may be doubtful whether it could live with the subject-matter of the camps . |
| 18 | In cotton weaving rates in 1808 had fallen so low that weavers were reported to be working upwards of fifteen hours , even to twenty , but as an employer remarked it was an impossible situation to sustain and a man would not choose to work eighteen hours if he could live from the labour of twelve . |
| 19 | My parents lived in the big house and I built a studio and had a whole little place where I could live in the basement and it was very convenient , so David would come round there . ’ |
| 20 | And you could live in the country on what you 're wasting in rent for this dump ! ’ |
| 21 | It makes all the shoppers feel as if they could live in the style of Jane Austen . |
| 22 | Living without awe of God is like living as a beggar , when instead we could live in the king 's palace as the heir . |
| 23 | Might even go nursing — I did a bit once — and I could live in the hostel . ’ |
| 24 | er , we have in the East end of the village , including the pub , the farm , and various other properties , a certain type of properties that elevation , a certain sympathetic er amenity , and these buildings , I I heard the word mentioned earlier , I live in the country , I could live in the town , it does n't matter where I live , but these are not the sort of properties , in my opinion , that should be put on this particular site , er and they 're they 're totally , all our own elevations and plans of height , and they are totally and utterly out of proportion and out of scale with the present day entrance to the village , and whilst we 're not talking totally and utterly about looks , if you come down into the village they are going to be totally over powering , particularly in the , in the actual , in this situation of no hedges and that kind of thing , |
| 25 | Asking for the bloke who used to live at the house . |
| 26 | And my grandmother used to live on the beach there . |
| 27 | On the , on the , on the corner of the street under the lamppost , we 'd , a family named used to live on the corner of Street and Street I lived in that house , but they used to just congregate on the , on the street corners . |
| 28 | And me mum used to live off the interest on what , you know dad cos he did n't leave a will . |
| 29 | Used to live down the road |
| 30 | We used to live in the king 's house . |