Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be live on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been living on odd bits and pieces , ’ he says , ‘ as well as the proceeds of my first novel . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been living on salad , fish and fresh air to be at my lightest for this , but it was well worth it . |
| 3 | Imagine you had been living on bread and water for three years and then someone put a large bowl of cherries on the table in front of you . |
| 4 | She 's been living on borrowed time for a long while . |
| 5 | We have been living on the edge for a number of weeks waiting for this decision to be made known . ’ |
| 6 | And for the last 3 days , they 've been living on the food they 'd planned to give to the children . |
| 7 | Of course I 've sent specimens to Forensic but you can take it from me that he died of strychnine poisoning ; a fairly hefty dose but he 'd been living on borrowed time any way . |
| 8 | Remembering all the dinners he had eaten at the Dysons ' when he had been living on his own , Bob invited Morris back to his flat one evening so that Tessa could cook dinner for him in his turn . |
| 9 | You see , for months he 's been living on a diet of Minpins , and a thousand Minpins is not even a snack for him . |
| 10 | He 's been living on his reserves of nervous energy for the past couple of weeks . |