Collocations with life

Choose the appropriate verb from below to complete each sentence

take lose endanger claim cost save risk spare

. N1. An explosion on an oil ring __________ 167 lives

. N2. Both men fell on their knees and begged him to __________ their lives

. N3. Six Canadian airmen __________ their lives in the crash

. N4. Doctors say the new drug __________ thousands of lives

.N5. UN officials are anxious not to take action that could ______ the lives of relief workers

. N6. The inquest ruled that the student had __________ his own life

. N7. These men willingly __________ their lives for their country

. N8. She clearly recalled the attack, which nearly __________ her her life

N1. claimed N2. spare N3. lost N4. save N5. endanger N6. taken N7. risked N8. cost