Let the man keep his private life to himself, she thought.

It happened, but I keep my life going on without thinking further.

"Why did you let him keep his life in the first place?"

It was too hard trying to keep life under control.

Left to himself to find food, he would have made do with whatever came to hand, so long as it kept life in his body.

"They were guys who tried to keep their lives together and do something in the neighborhood," he said.

We must have water, and food, to keep life in our bodies.

It was the thing that kept my life together ultimately.

She had meant to keep the snake all her life.

"It's up to an individual to decide how long they have to keep their life going," he said.