Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Because he could n't for the life of him imagine what he personally could have done to her . |
2 | Harris knew that something had happened but he could n't for the life of him think what it might be . |
3 | Guy had always liked tall women , preferably those built on rather buxom lines , but right now he could n't for the life of him remember why . |
4 | It was enough for a while just to have this clever , charming man as a friend , flattering to have him travel so far when he could just for the pleasure of her company . |
5 | He could not for the life of him understand why they should wish to remain inside the cottage while the Domain was dusted with poisons . |
6 | He would check it , if he needed to , but he could not at the moment see why Morgan would have wanted to kill the daughter to whom he had plainly been so devoted . |
7 | My friend answered that he would n't for the life of him ever tinker with such a volcano : ‘ If I did , ’ he said , ‘ the whole man might fall apart . ’ |
8 | But he will not in the end tolerate injustice and unfair treatment on either side . |
9 | He will not in the long run profit from arrangements that turn the surviving research institutes into training grounds for emigrant specialists . |
10 | He 'll get what he can out of the T'ang . |