Example sentences of "[verb] his life [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in any case , if he recovered he 'd spend his life looking for Vecchi , if that party had muscled in on the black . |
| 2 | Chavez spent his life fighting for the migrant Latino labourers who toil in California 's dusty vineyards and lettuce fields . |
| 3 | ‘ I understand , ’ said Snizort , who had lived in a world where entire civilisations had been lost and who had spent his life searching for fragments of them . |
| 4 | It was the story of a Frenchman , who had spent his life searching for beauty and pleasure — pleasure of all kinds , both good and bad . |
| 5 | He has spent his life campaigning for free trade unionism and free votes . |
| 6 | There is no question that any scientist who ‘ goes public ’ today will find his life transformed for the worse . |