Example sentences of "[conj] have a [adj] life " in BNC.
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1 | Catnip is an example ; Nepeta cataria is the true herb and is the catnip that has a hard life if a cat is part of the household , but Nepeta x faassenii , also sometimes called catnip , is the usual species grown in gardens , with little if any attraction for cats , though it is always alive with bees when in flower . |
2 | I 'm a secretary to pay the rent , and a very lazy ex-ballerina with no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free . |
3 | Just to go out into the night can give a sense of this ; night is not empty darkness — the night can be warm , or stormy , still or windy , and the darkness is charged by this and has a changing life of its own . |
4 | They came here to settle down and have a happy life . |
5 | Instead she could continue and have a proper life after her infidelity . |
6 | So many bereaved people , especially women , do not continue to try and have a social life as it is just too difficult and usually just serves to reinforce their sense of isolation and hurt . |
7 | The ‘ direct ’ reversing Bolinder engines remained popular , however , because they were simple and easier to maintain and had a long life . |
8 | The mines were large and had a long life and fitted in with RTZ 's strategic objectives , he added . |
9 | They frequently suffer chest infections and have a low life expectancy . |
10 | and have a decent life to get a first or either a two one in economics you have got to read a very great deal , you 've got to be a reader , a student a taker of notes , a writer of essays and we said that is not you so within two |
11 | I 'd rather la , have the treatment and ha , and have a reasonable life . |
12 | An SBU was taken to be any subsidiary business interest of the group which could be said to be largely separable and could be treated as having a commercial life of its own . |