Example sentences of "[noun] lived a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christine Mills lived a few hundred yards away . |
| 2 | At the time of the alleged crime , the brothers lived a few yards apart in the Perthshire hamlet of Aberargie . |
| 3 | Now Jackson lived a solitary existence . |
| 4 | And for two years Pula lived a luxurious life , safe behind a high fence , feeding on imported peanuts , strawberry yoghurt , and fresh vegetables . |
| 5 | If his public life was typical of the Whig grandees of his day , Wharton lived a private life ( at least in his head ) that was bizarre in the extreme . |
| 6 | People lived a long time with fluid … asthma … emphysema … years . |
| 7 | Men lived a long time on Tarvaras . |
| 8 | The smaller resident landowners lived a simple life and were , like the Basque nobility , interested in the reform movement of the late eighteenth century and supplied many of its leaders . |
| 9 | The Victorian poet Algernon Swinburne lived a tortured sex life , heavily influenced by the beatings he received at Eton ( where it was said the boys were required to sprinkle eau de cologne on themselves before the canings began ) . |
| 10 | Sadie lived a solitary life for about three years without even the company of other dogs . |
| 11 | Women lived a different cultural , economic , and political life from men in the 1920s , as will be seen in more detail when we return to this area and topic in 1926 . |
| 12 | The Cagots lived a peculiar life outside society , without rights but exempt from taxes , wearing a badge on their clothing to indicate their standing , forbidden to walk barefoot , unable to hear mass with their fellow Christians . |
| 13 | Prince and his followers lived a dissolute and ostentatious life of great luxury , and Prince drove around the neighbourhood in a carriage and horses , accompanied by bloodhounds . |
| 14 | In a third house lived a deserted woman — " her husband lives from her " ; she had two children out at service but had five still living at home . |
| 15 | By the following Tuesday , Geraldine Hogan , whose family lived a few hundred yards from the lake , was spitting up blood . |
| 16 | The family lived a prosperous middleclass life in Berlin and Ash senior , says Sir Eric , was advised by colleagues ‘ not to worry about this silly man Hitler ’ . |