Example sentences of "[verb] have a [adj] life " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Irina has had a terrible life . ’ |
| 2 | Despite her screen success , Bardot has had a troubled life . |
| 3 | ACAS has had a troubled life and its powers have been limited and subjected to greater ministerial control by the Employment Act 1980 . |
| 4 | Poor old thing — but she 'd had a good life by all accounts . ’ |
| 5 | He said he 'd had a hard life . |
| 6 | Aunt Alicia was old , she kept telling herself , and she 'd had a full life , and she died in her sleep with no pain , but somehow it did not seem to make it much better . |
| 7 | I know you both are going to have a wonderful life together . ’ |
| 8 | Darling , sweet Constanza , let's do it , let's do it now , we are going to have a jolly life you and I , let's cock a snook at the world and the mess it 's in . ’ |
| 9 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 10 | If it were n't for Lennie , George could have had a peaceful life and have married someone but it is this power of ‘ deep-inside ’ love which kept them together . |
| 11 | I 'll have had a good life , and I 'll have tried , and I 'll have made something of myself . |
| 12 | The only way he can justify it to himself , is the belief that otherwise the animal would have had a miserable life . |
| 13 | Well any wife of his would have had a miserable life ! |
| 14 | ‘ You must have had a full life ? ’ |
| 15 | It will probably never build the 2.8 million-transistor 601 , projected to have a three-year life cycle . |
| 16 | It will probably never build the 2.8m transistor 601 , which is projected to have a three-year life cycle . |
| 17 | Conversely , in an economy where energy costs are high and fuel conservation is the fashion , the expensive motor car with a high petrol consumption will tend to have a short life cycle , but the economy car will continue for years . |
| 18 | Anyone who chooses to be a teacher deserves to have a rotten life . |
| 19 | Because she did have a hard life . |
| 20 | ‘ They do have a terrible life . ’ |
| 21 | In practice , all media do have a limited life . |
| 22 | For he had had a peaceful life of it with Yanek , up on the mountain . |
| 23 | Worse still , he was ungrateful : everyone told him that his mother had had a hard life , that she worked her fingers to the bone , but it meant nothing to him . |
| 24 | She gave this powerful sense of her character 's emotional repression , and the sense was there that she had had a hard life . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’ |
| 26 | I 've had a good life , on the whole . ’ |
| 27 | So , though I had a bad time , well I had a , I 've had a great life since ! |
| 28 | Lucy , resisting the temptation to blow at her fringe , said , ‘ You sound like you 've had a great life . ’ |
| 29 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've had a marvellous life and enjoyed every minute of it , but it 's over and now I want to move on . ’ |