Example sentences of "[noun] and wearing a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philippe never lost his childhood orientation and was known to lead his troops into battle in high heels and wearing a perfumed wig . |
| 2 | Richmond also identified the Tanaris pottery mould with this god , and an appliqué bearded figure on a sherd in grey ware brandishing a double axe and wearing a blacksmiths ' leather apron . |
| 3 | That was Scott-Scobie , a swinger from their harmlessly-named ‘ Research Department ’ ; forty-fiveish , healthily plump , curly dark hair and wearing a rumpled linen suit . |
| 4 | She was about nine years old , with shoulder length black hair and wearing a pale nightdress . |
| 5 | His father , smelling of Old Spice and wearing a pin-striped suit , had left for work in the maroon Jaguar , and his mother was upstairs in her bathroom , plastering over the cracks in her face with stuff out of a bottle . |
| 6 | The first is male , 6ft , around 20 with short black hair , of medium build and wearing a light coloured jacket and jeans . |
| 7 | I was sitting upright in a pine coffin high on a marble pedestal and wearing a delicate silk gown of pure white . |
| 8 | At about eight o'clock on the evening of 28 July , the Prince , disguised as Betty Burke and wearing a ‘ flower 'd linen apron gown ’ , escaped from the Benbecula rowed by six strong men and accompanied by Flora Macdonald and faithful Neil MacEachan . |
| 9 | Unless it was pouring with rain he wore no hat or coat , his shirt sleeves rolled up to the elbow and wearing a green baize apron . |
| 10 | Dressed in black and wearing a balaclava , he tried to force his way into the car , but the doors were locked . |
| 11 | Taking a firm stand against her own silliness definitely helped , and she was able to return to the veranda holding the kit in steady hands and wearing a cheerful smile . |
| 12 | Sounds came from inside and from the darkness appeared a man holding a Kalashnikov rifle and wearing a Palestinian scarf . |
| 13 | There are photographs of him taken on this and other trips : Eliot smiling sleepily at the camera , wearing a white cap and sunglasses , smoking a cigar and wearing a pink shirt and blue pullover . |
| 14 | He arrived at the Courthouse handcuffed to a police officer and wearing a red North Wales Police tracksuit . |
| 15 | I think he must be gay , I mean going into a monastery and not having anything to do with women and wearing a cravat |