Example sentences of "were live [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no prizes for guessing , after tonight , that the Desmond Seymour-Stracheys were living on a financial knife-edge , and would be interested in any sudden accession of wealth , by any means , from any source . |
| 2 | By then we were living in a dirt-cheap place on the Bowery . |
| 3 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 4 | ‘ Katy and I were living in a small flat and we were so low that we did n't even bother with a Christmas tree . |
| 5 | By now they were living in a small town , Modyokerto . |
| 6 | We were living in a spectacular era : Mussolini made war on hapless Ethiopia ; after the death of King George V came the brief reign of Edward VIII , his abdication and marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson ; then the happier reign of King George VI . |
| 7 | In 1986 , about 1.6 million children were living in a lone parent family . |