Example sentences of "live [prep] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know , too , that we exist in the fourth dimension , time , because we live for a certain number of years ; besides , the fact that we can move in three dimensions implies our existence in the fourth , because movement requires time . |
| 2 | They live with a constant dread of the telephone ringing because they fear it will bring bad news . |
| 3 | ‘ THE one thing I will never do is change my appearance and live in a blond wig in another country ’ — Author-in-hiding Salman Rushdie . |
| 4 | A My husband 's family live in a remote part of the Isle of Arran in Scotland , so we go there and do lots of walking . |
| 5 | They live in a tiny village in the golden countryside around St Andrews . |
| 6 | I live in a one-bedroomed flat with very little cupboard space and I 'm fed up with the piles of clothes and shoes I trip over all the time . |
| 7 | You see some of them only live in a small cottage with no garden and that 's an extension to their home , you can go down there with the children |
| 8 | I live in a small village in Suffolk called Wetheringsett . |
| 9 | That 's always a concern at the villages , because I live in a town , I live in a small town near here , erm I 've had a lot of dealings in villages , and people who live in villages always want to have starter homes , but as soon as you put an application in for starter homes , there 's even more opposition to it , as happened down in Bleasby , Council threw that one out . |
| 10 | The couple are totally accepted by Linda 's middle-aged parents who live in a terraced house in Darlington . |
| 11 | Slogans such as ‘ art for the people ’ mask the cynicism of commercial and political manipulation , which would like to make believe that we all live in a homogeneous society of consumers . |
| 12 | You live in a frozen universe in which emotion resonates without any chronology . |
| 13 | Meanwhile we should stop pretending that we live in a golden age of literary biography , an art form that all too frequently seems to be founded not so much on spite , as on a fundamental lack of interest in its subject . ’ |
| 14 | They live in a large house with children aged 10 , 14 and 18 . |
| 15 | Logically , people live in a particular type of house because it is one that they can afford to purchase or rent and to maintain , so there is a rough and ready relationship between the value of their home and their income . |
| 16 | So perhaps you feel that while all this talk about kinship and affinity may make good sense in discussions of the social life of Australian Aborigines or of Trobriand Islanders in Melanesia , it really has very little relevance for ourselves who live in a social context in which , as a general rule , affinity is of little significance and the majority of social relationships outside the domestic family are coded in quite a different way . |
| 17 | The Kayapo of Para , Brazil , unlike the Jivaro , live in a seasonal climate with a marked dry spell each year . |
| 18 | Its members live in a constant state of irritation that their salaries are about a third of what ‘ yuppiewhite ’ expats make . |
| 19 | Managers , who live in a constant state of anxiety , tend not to see games as others do and Joe Jordan duly declared himself happy enough with the result which , apart from extending Hearts ' unbeaten run against their city rivals to 17 , keeps them in contention for a place in Europe . |
| 20 | Everything gets dirty and they live in a different way to what we do at home , they speak English more like Americans ( even Uncle Steve ) than us . |
| 21 | He says we 've had wide and varied enquiries — especially from London-based purchasers looking for something for the weekend — something he can tell his friends ’ Well actually I live in a turreted folly in the Cotswolds ! ’ … |
| 22 | Often brilliant , they live in a rarefied atmosphere of books , bewildering their parents and grandparents whose plans for such daughters have to be abandoned . |
| 23 | A farmer and his family who live in a wooden shack on their organic farm say they will lose their home and their livelihood if they are n't allowed to build a proper house . |
| 24 | Perhaps less curious when one remembers that mentally handicapped people have always been ostracised by those who believe they live in a comfortable world of normality . |
| 25 | They got married and they now live in a beautiful flat in the centre of London . ’ |
| 26 | But perhaps more important , at this time when the infancy of our species must end , we have an astronaut 's view of Earth rise above the horizon of the Moon to teach us that we live on a tiny island in a vast ocean of energy , space and time . |
| 27 | They think Christians live by a strict set of rules and regulations . |