Example sentences of "live on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anybody who 's anybody knows that a pair of brand new trainers — bright laces undone , tongues out , displaying that all important brand name — says more about you than a wallet full of gold credit cards ’ , you know it 's time to leave the country and live on a desert island in your bare feet or search the loft for your ex-issue Diadora Borg Elite or Stan Smiths . |
| 2 | We live on a lighthouse — it 's our job ! ’ |
| 3 | She said she would n't want to do that — live on a stud farm , miles away from anywhere ; that she 'd be lonely and miss all her friends . ’ |
| 4 | It 's not the fact we live on a council estate , more likely to have |
| 5 | The ducks , who live on a pond within the precincts of the court , have now added a duckling to their numbers . |
| 6 | What 's it like to eat in a tree or live on a bus ? |
| 7 | The press in the GDR , not counting local periodicals and special interest magazines , is largely controlled by the party , though this matters little because almost all East Germans live on a diet of information provided by West German television and radio . |
| 8 | I run 45 miles a day , drink Peruvian spring water an' live on a diet of nuts . |
| 9 | Food — The Shannies live on a diet of frozen fine mussel , mysis shrimp , brine shrimp , gamma fish , clam and bloodworm . |
| 10 | People who live on a housing estate once labelled the worst in Europe are fighting to keep the headquarters of their community development project . |
| 11 | I will begin by telling you that I now live on a farm close to a beautiful little town in Umbria , the region of St Francis . |
| 12 | " They live on a boat because they think it 's smart . " |