Example sentences of "do [adv] live " in BNC.
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| 1 | I admit , you and I did rather live our years together in the shadow of Jean-Claude , as I had lived in the shadow of Montaine . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ said Jane , ‘ they do only live about eight years , you know . ’ |
| 3 | All in all I was glad she did not live next door to me . |
| 4 | John Higgs , alas , did not live to see it . |
| 5 | It was of no use if they received the sacrament of Matrimony and did not live as Christians . |
| 6 | His brother did not live to read about it . |
| 7 | The other consequence was that , if Stewart kings did not live and reign until a ripe old age , they had the immeasurable advantage of always having been kings ; most were barely aware , some not at all , of any time in their lives when they had not worn the crown . |
| 8 | The Museum of Modern Art in New York held a major retrospective of Alexia Nielson 's paintings , but his wife did not live to see it . |
| 9 | Many terrestrial forms simply did not live in environments in which preservation was possible . |
| 10 | Leapor , however , did not live to see her work in print . |
| 11 | Although he had a key to her apartment and tried to lock her out once when she lost hers he did not live permanently with her . |
| 12 | Brindley died in Staffordshire in 1772 , and although he did not live to see the realization of his dream , his was the unlettered genius that set the great age of canal-building in motion . |
| 13 | In a prison-camp the world you wanted to get to was visible all the time and , although you did not live in it , you knew that it was only a matter of some barbed wire and a few yards away . |
| 14 | This part of the camp was in itself no more attractive than the part in which we lived , but the very fact that we did not live there , that we did not know every inch of its dusty ground , that normally we only saw it from the distance , gave it a charm of its own . |
| 15 | Seventy-nine per cent saw the sufferer daily ( and if they did not live with him or her this often involved several visits per day ) . |
| 16 | Mr Keys was minister during the building of the 1954 church and Mr Aiken saw the planning and the beginning of the new church halls but did not live to see their completion . |
| 17 | Many of the urban deprived did not live in the ‘ inner area ’ , and urban economic processes operated across entire city regions . |
| 18 | She certainly did not live in the shadow of John ; she was her own person and deserved to be described as more than a widow . |
| 19 | Classics in Radio Astronomy should be read by historians of science and by radio astronomers — particularly those who ( like myself ) did not live through the exciting early years of the subject . |
| 20 | Whatever the reason , Jamie left Ayr and did not live in Ayrshire again for about 40 years . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , William did not live to pursue his plans for Elora as he died suddenly in 1823 , aged 56 . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , Elizabeth did not live to be Queen . |
| 23 | II of Capital ( Chapters XX and XXI ) , but did not live to put this part of his work in order for publication , so it was left to Engels to prepare the various drafts for the printer . |
| 24 | Since Marx did not live to articulate a comprehensive theory of capitalist economic crisis , after his death there developed a number of theories of crisis which drew upon various aspects of his writings . |
| 25 | Then the ‘ Empire ’ roller bearings evidently did not live up to expectations and were replaced by plain axle boxes . |
| 26 | The schoolmistress did not live in the School House , which was occupied by an old grannie , who every day called me to come and talk to her when she was out in her small garden , or in the cottage when the weather was less promising . |
| 27 | The tide finally turned in favour of the hosts when Vancouver-Fraser Valley , with former Canada scrum-half Ian Stuart and World Cup no.8 Glenn Ennis the only capped players in view , defeated Northumberland 18–14 in another game that did not live up to expectations . |
| 28 | But Charlotte , Emily and Anne Brontë did not live to grow old or to enjoy their fame . |
| 29 | However , although there is no indication of the source of 10 marks payable to Roger Blomfeld of Buxton , Norfolk ( where he also owned land worth 13s. 4d. ) , the £1. 9s. 8d. assigned to Thomas Parker , a servant of the king at Elmley Lovett , Worcs. , could well have been a payment from the manor , which was a royal estate , and Parker himself did not live there . |
| 30 | One of them , Stuart Surridge , did not live to see the production , which is dedicated to him ; but he gave it a memorable quote when he reflected on his Surrey players of the 1950s , with whom he won five consecutive County Championships : they were a great side , he recalled : ‘ All they wanted was a kick up the arse ! ’ |