Example sentences of "was [adv] living [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The villages , hamlets and the red-tile-roofed manors boasted their peace and prosperity for Henry was still living on the treasure bequeathed to him by his father . |
| 2 | At a time when Portugal was still living under a dictatorship in which homespun nationalist values were lauded , she was criticised for lavishing large budgets on a series of international music festivals . |
| 3 | A year later Sharon was still living at the hostel and had managed to stay clear of drugs . |
| 4 | Writing was a sign of the Fall , it was a kind of punishment ; Dolle was still living in the Garden of Eden or at least the Sugar Bar . |
| 5 | Montaine was still living in the attic at the time . |
| 6 | In 1800 Thomas was still living in the house on the north-west side of Fountain Lane , then owned by Mrs. Hellier . |
| 7 | Jean Baptiste , living at home on the rue de Seine , married Louise Marquin , daughter of Elizabeth Carré and the deceased Sieur Jean Marquin , ‘ Intendant de maison et affaires de Seine , who was also living on the rue de Seine . |
| 8 | If he was really living in the house he must be taking pains to leave no signs of his occupancy . |
| 9 | There was a time when he would n't have noticed it , but these days he was a little touchy about things like that , especially as Fran was now living with a man fourteen years younger . |
| 10 | He was then living on the rue de la Harpe , parish of St Severin ( document 3 ) . |
| 11 | The recurring bouts of illness made him feel he was continually living on the brink of eternity . |
| 12 | I went back to the mother and baby home , for another almost two years , and from there that was I think I said at the beginning , how I actually was introduced to Flats , and it was actually living at the mother and baby home , doing far more work with girls |
| 13 | She was actually living through the kind of situation fantasies were made of — stranded in the snow with one of the world 's great sex symbols — and all she could do was argue with him . |
| 14 | Dr Neil had seen her few poor items of food decently arranged upon a napkin in the bottom of the basket , and there seemed little doubt that she was actually living in the district — although why he could not imagine . |