Example sentences of "[verb] a long life [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had also enjoyed a longer life than his father ; his younger brother Benjamin , to whom we now turn , was not to be so lucky . |
| 2 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |
| 3 | myself , I think that if any thing happens to Keith which is obviously he 's not gon na live a long life if any thing happens to him I , I myself I reckon she 'll go back to London , because she 's got absolutely nothing here she 's got a cousin although , I do n't think she 'd move in , in with her cousin |
| 4 | Nevertheless , this peculiar combination had a long life and was destined to reappear in the Middle Ages as the Albigensian heresy that flourished for a while in southern France but was eventually crushed in the first quarter of the thirteenth century by the northern French at the command of the most powerful of the medieval Popes , Innocent III . |
| 5 | The mines were large and had a long life and fitted in with RTZ 's strategic objectives , he added . |
| 6 | ‘ National ’ brewers accounted for only 18 per cent of all beer production , and their brands were nearly all bottled ales , since these were more easily transported and had a longer life than cask-conditioned draught beer . |