Example sentences of "[was/were] wear a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were wearing a blue gaberdine suit and a white blouse with a pussy bow at the neck . ’ |
| 2 | If I were wearing a next-to-nothing nightie and he was sitting on my bed , I 'd be having serious trouble breathing too ! |
| 3 | He was wearing a decent black cloth lounge suit , and had no intentions of changing his mode of attire . |
| 4 | He had forgotten that Marie was only a girl ; forgotten that she was wearing a ridiculous dressing-gown . |
| 5 | Ted was wearing a fluorescent green competition vest . |
| 6 | He was wearing a flat cap , a suit and a choker , and there were dock gates in the background . |
| 7 | Newley was wearing a flat cap made of tweed . |
| 8 | Irina was wearing a blue-and-brown check low-waisted summer dress with pleats , which Alison had already declared to Franca to be ‘ too smart , too old , and too expensive ’ . |
| 9 | He said ; One was wearing a beige T shirt , one a white T shirt and another a striped white shirt . |
| 10 | She was wearing a cheap polyester dress in hideous shades of brown and pink , and her hair looked wispy and unkempt . |
| 11 | The girl — it seemed sarcastic to call her the bride — was wearing a cheap costume in lilac that looked stiff and new . |
| 12 | She was wearing a burgundy-coloured dress of fine corduroy and reminded me herself of foreign wine . |
| 13 | He was wearing a burgundy-coloured bomber jacket and jeans and was thought to me in his mid to late teens . |
| 14 | He was wearing a disreputable pair of jeans that looked as though they 'd never seen an iron , and a grey shirt , the sleeves rolled back as if it were summer . |
| 15 | Marie Rose is 5ft 8in , slim , with long bleached blonde hair , and was wearing a black mini-skirt , black tights , black shoes , mustard jumper and dark red coat . |
| 16 | And one does rather feel that the director was wearing a black polo-neck throughout the film 's shooting . |
| 17 | In Zborowski 's apartment in Nice , Modigliani drew a second portrait of Germaine , very similar , only this time she was wearing a black dress . |
| 18 | She was wearing a black , ankle-length skirt and a white blouse which was buttoned up to her throat . |
| 19 | She was wearing a black nylon coat and a badge that said SHARON LACEY . |
| 20 | Philippa was wearing a black kerchief which covered her hair and was tied at the nape of her neck , a knee-length black T-shirt and black straw sandals . |
| 21 | He was wearing a black bomber jacket , red T-shirt and faded jeans . |
| 22 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 23 | The thief was wearing a black and yellow jacket . |
| 24 | She was wearing a black karate suit . |
| 25 | When they did meet , Eliot was wearing a black tie but seemed " unusually relaxed during the meal , almost gay at times " . |
| 26 | She was wearing a black and white sharkskin dress that did n't make you wonder whether she was the same shape the whole way down . |
| 27 | He was a bulky young man , who was wearing a black coat and a white shirt ; the comparison with a panda was unkind but accurate . |
| 28 | Georgina was wearing a black Azzedine Alaïa and a choker of huge fake pearls . |
| 29 | Then she opened her eyes , and rose to her feet She was wearing a black shirt outside black jeans , with black ballet shoes . |
| 30 | Despite the mildness of the day Alfred was wearing a black overcoat over a dark suit which included a waistcoat and there was a homburg hat on the settee . |