Example sentences of "[vb base] live [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a triumph of renunciation of heterosexual closure in marriage , the poem ends with a celebration of the tranquillity and harmony to be found when women choose to live only for each other , in a feminine pastoral paradise , a sapphic idyll … |
| 2 | We 've lived together for eight years and have two children ? |
| 3 | In your case you may be able to say that your spouse has committed adultery and you find it intolerable to live with her ; or that you have lived apart for two years and you consent to the divorce . |
| 4 | ‘ They blame us for their problems , I mean even though we have lived here for many , many generations . |
| 5 | Hodges have lived here for eight generations but Rachel Hodge is relaxed about most things her guests do — even the Czechoslovakian guests who played tennis on her court in brown walking shoes and underwear ! |
| 6 | I have lived here for twenty years . |
| 7 | You have lived here for half of your life . |
| 8 | I have lived here for 40 years and no one ever bothered anyone . |
| 9 | I have lived there for fifteen years , but the moment I leave I feel it closing the doors on me with indifference . |
| 10 | David and Rachel Lloyd have lived there for fifteen years . |
| 11 | Most of the families in Rimswell , especially those concerned in agriculture , have lived there for some generations . |
| 12 | We have lived together for 11 years now and she washes bottles in the store where I sell mine . |
| 13 | When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are almost unendurably irritating to the other . |