Example sentences of "[subord] for the life [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has cared deeply that his contemporaries and juniors should write well ; he has cared less for his personal achievement than for the life of letters and art . |
| 2 | There was just something about Luke Calder that seemed to affect her , although for the life of her she could n't understand what it was . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you . |
| 4 | Nora had been naughty , much naughtier than ever before , but for the life of her Dorothy Fanshawe could n't remember of what that naughtiness had consisted . |
| 5 | The power axe , clenched in his mailed fist , still hewed away at the same small area in front of him , but for the life of him he could n't push himself into the space it liquefied , nor could he shift the weapon to left or to right , so firmly was his arm held by the hydra . |
| 6 | She would not have told him where she was going , but for the life of her she would not have been able to invent a pressing enough reason for leaving the house , least of all with only the shelter of her flimsy summer hat , since an umbrella had not been top of her list of things to pack when she had hurriedly boarded the plane at Heathrow . |
| 7 | But for the life of her she could not behave as she ought when she stood among the rubble to which her life had been reduced . |
| 8 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 9 | To quieten her , to get away from the dark , lurking forest of the past , she said , ‘ I 'll get you a drink , though for the life of me I ca n't imagine why you are cold . |