Example sentences of "his life for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is any would-be businessman … content in forecasting his future , to figure himself as labouring all his life for a fixed salary ? |
| 2 | SPRINGFIELDS design engineer Gordon Lund is taking the love of his life for a weekend in Paris … with his wife 's blessing ! |
| 3 | but what does it mean that Jesus Christ stake his life for a ransom , why was pulling out |
| 4 | This chapter aims at motivating godly praying in order that leaders will not be sloppy and selfish , but will be shepherds after the heart of Jesus the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep . |
| 5 | The girl 's father , Jack Malone , had worked all his life for the convent as handyman and gardener . |
| 6 | He has worked nearly all his life for the Woodbridge firm of Notcutts and spent two years as a student at the world-famous Wisley garden centre , where he was guided by former Notcutts managing director Frank Knight . |
| 7 | At Sussex University , he met Gail Rebuck , who would figure largely in his life for the next twenty years . |
| 8 | Though a committed atheist and dedicated opponent of the Catholic Church , William 's grandad maintained a healthy respect all his life for the power of Satan . |
| 9 | He gave his life for the King , because , as I entered , Detchard pulled himself free and drove his sword into the doctor 's side . |
| 10 | In fact in its original Hebrew setting the shepherd referred to a totally different picture — one who actually cared for and was perhaps even prepared to give his life for the sheep , protecting them from very real danger from which they could not be expected to protect themselves . |
| 11 | I imagine it perhaps starting as one , and then escalating , as Serafin waits , smiling eagerly at her pupil , and Summerchild hunts back through his life for the required circumstances , covering his retreat with bursts of fire as he goes . |