Example sentences of "struggle for life " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his celebrated letter to Chesterfield , Samuel Johnson asks : ‘ Is not a Patron , My Lord , one who looks with unconcern on a Man struggling for Life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help . ’ |
| 2 | An intricate watering system would eventually replace the army of Baluchistan gardeners who tended not only the road islands but the roundabouts and the young plantations of trees struggling for life under the condemnation of the sun . |
| 3 | A fly , whose buzzing had been driving me insane , was struggling for life . |
| 4 | Mr Wolski thought of his friend the eagle who was struggling for life through this long night Then he did something he had not done for years , for decades , since before the darkness came to his own life in the Second World War : he said a silent prayer . |
| 5 | His wife sat with him for thirteen hours , and he clutched her hand as he struggled for life . |
| 6 | McCurbin died of asphyxiation from pressure applied to the neck , but the police who arrested him said that they thought he was faking as he struggled for life . |
| 7 | She struggled for life in a dizzy world of red fire and molten lead . |