Example sentences of "he wear a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has kept his figure and his bearing — although I suspect vanity might have him wearing a male corset . |
| 2 | When Tom Webster drew him wearing a knee-length sweater , he ensured that , thereafter , all his sweaters were oversized . |
| 3 | He wears a silvery trenchcoat falling to his knees . |
| 4 | Alfonzo ( inset ) reaches new heights of ursine designer chic : he wears a Cossack tunic and trousers to emphasise his Russian heredity , and his bright-red mohair fur is distressed to look as if generations of Grand Dukes have hugged him . |
| 5 | He wears a three-piece suit with an old-fashioned watch-chain looped across his waistcoated paunch . |
| 6 | He wears a beige topcoat and gunge tie . |
| 7 | ‘ Joseph says the ghost is tall and he wears a black evening coat . ’ |
| 8 | He wears a black and red kimono over blue striped pyjamas . |
| 9 | He wears a dark three-piece suit , but from a sense of natural modesty he has his suits considerably better cut than Freddie 's . |
| 10 | He wears a long trenchcoat . |
| 11 | if he wears a long sleeve shirt , as soon as he takes his jacket off , he wo n't go around with his shirt |
| 12 | He wears a short-sleeved shirt and a green tie . |
| 13 | He wears a sad expression on his face , |
| 14 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 15 | He used to play baseball and he wears a white baseball cap that one day may become as famous as Pat Cash 's chequered headbands . |
| 16 | He wears a red jacket and trousers and drives a sleigh , just like our Father Christmas . |
| 17 | He wears a brown rucksack on his back . |
| 18 | He wears a pale grey striped suit , white shirt and silk floral tie . |
| 19 | Beneath his white linen suit he wears a turquoise woollen rollneck . |
| 20 | He wears a one-piece cashmere shroud tied at the waist with a twisted silken cord and with rosettes on either side of the turned-down collar . |
| 21 | He wears a smart grey fisherman 's jumper and blue slacks . |
| 22 | He wore a blue jersey , striped shirt and grey trousers , and had a large gash and abrasions on his right cheek . |
| 23 | He wore a blue check T-shirt , light-coloured slacks . |
| 24 | One was a young man of noble birth : he wore a blue cloak of rash with gold lace round the hem , a pair of silk breeches of murrey tinsel , and a buff jerkin laid over with gold lace . |
| 25 | He wore a blue suit of safari cut , a non-military colour but a safari-suit nonetheless . |
| 26 | The heavy chainmail was gone ; he wore a long dark blue tunic , embroidered with silver thread and loosely belted at the waist . |
| 27 | He wore a long camelhair overcoat , Dr Marten 's boots , and his sandy hair grew spikily down his neck . |
| 28 | He wore a pleased but modest look and Lili looked as though she knew she was expected to appear proud . |
| 29 | Like the rest of the staff , he wore a burgundy-coloured uniform although , apart from his name tag , it could have been taken for a regular formal suit . |
| 30 | In his left ear he wore a small ring . |