Example sentences of "and dress in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I awake at seven , amazed at myself , and bathe and dress in a bright colour . |
| 2 | I got up and dressed in a sweater and pants , made my bed , then sat on the end and shook physically with anxiety . |
| 3 | He washed and dressed in a magnificent embroidered robe topped with a great gilt turban , then returned to the feast . |
| 4 | Her breakfast finished , she showered and dressed in a beige and white skirt and plain beige top and , after a slight struggle with the clasp , fastened her gold locket around her neck before setting off to explore . |
| 5 | He was tall , stoutish and dressed in a dark suit . |
| 6 | Wearing dark glasses and dressed in a polo-neck sweater , corduroy trousers and desert boots , with a towel round his neck , he simply strolled out of the house and down towards the harbour . |
| 7 | He was smallish and dressed in a dark , lightweight suit with a rather violent striped shirt and the Royal Bucks Golf Club tie . |
| 8 | One of the fighters later became a club steward , and dressed in a white coat with a red armband was officially hired to sort out the Rowdies . |
| 9 | Peter was 33 , six feet tall , and dressed in a well-worn suit and tie . |
| 10 | He was a tall , thin man of indeterminate age with hairless grey skin and dressed in a long black robe without ornament save for a small silver fork with twisted tines which hung on a piece of string round his neck , and rested on the black breast of the robe . |
| 11 | She showered , and dressed in a pale grey cotton skirt with a crisp white blouse , brushed her hair into its customary neat knot , used her cosmetics sparingly and walked into the kitchen , looking the picture of a successful businesswoman . |
| 12 | With a sort of sick excitement inside , she washed , and dressed in a soft blue wool dress that just reached her boot tops . |
| 13 | Pale Elizabeth came in , imperious and dressed in a satin dress , high-waisted and very decolleté , with Henry Clerval at her side . |
| 14 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
| 15 | He took a shower , shaved , and dressed in a leisurely way . |
| 16 | But when she had washed her hair and dressed in a new pair of designer jeans and a silk shirt that had been a Christmas present and which she 'd never worn before — it was n't to Eva 's house that she went but back down into the town , towards the theatre and the Franz Joseph . |
| 17 | Leith was still puzzling at it when , bathed and dressed in a silky-finish dress of deep amber , she brushed her hair . |
| 18 | The ‘ lady ’ in question was heavily made up and dressed in a tight sheath of black and gold lurex that ended provocatively at mid-thigh . |
| 19 | The man is described as 5ft 10in and dressed in a black or navy anorak and dark trousers . |