Example sentences of "live [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The average Jew was the average Englishman , living off a weekly pay packet of four pounds a week or less at a time when , in the worst-hit areas for unemployment , up to twenty per cent of the population was below the poverty line . |
| 2 | After the usual pleasantries , he said , with surprising directness , ‘ You will find living here a great change from London . |
| 3 | Not quite sure how to broach the subject , and not wishing to be indiscreet , she murmured awkwardly , ‘ I do n't quite know how to put this , but part of the reason for my visit was to try and trace someone who lived here a long time ago , only I do n't quite like to ask around , because the person I 'm looking for might not like it — might not want everyone to know her business . ’ |
| 4 | Almost every woman I 've known had to live off a perpetual menu of rabbit 's food . |
| 5 | Not only do Christians have the necessary basis for such a concept , but we know that we are commanded to live out a standard unselfishness , far surpassing a mere social grace . |
| 6 | ‘ A hero who sought to live out a mythological quest to find himself . |
| 7 | As we live only a short distance from the Thames , we have to keep a net over the pond , as two years ago we lost 18 fish to a heron . |
| 8 | M my parents live quite a long way away and erm y you 've got to you need the support of others . |
| 9 | This argument was persuasively propounded by the director of the Hastings Center for Medical Ethics , who concluded that ‘ … after a person has lived out a natural life span [ eg , into the late 70s or early 80s ] , medical care should no longer be oriented to resisting death … [ but ] will be limited to the relief of suffering ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ We have to give those who have lived here a long time the right to become German citizens , ’ Johannes Gerster , deputy leader of the CDU parliamentary group , said at the weekend . |