Example sentences of "jeans and a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wore his better Jeans and a laundered shirt , open at the neck . |
| 2 | Theresa was wearing jeans and a grubby sweat shirt with a map of London 's Underground across the front . |
| 3 | I bought some lucky white heather and a silver horseshoe from a little girl in jeans and a grubby tee shirt . |
| 4 | One of the men , bearded , with roughly patched jeans and a loud laugh , leaned on the back of Rain 's chair , his head close to hers , and talked to Oliver as though she were not there . |
| 5 | A year ago , when your trousers did n't condemn you as a person , Bobby Gillespie started going to house clubs ; he wore ripped jeans and a sad top , but was truly touched by what was happening around him . |
| 6 | A tall spindly youth in a grubby ex-army greatcoat , blue jeans and a woolly hat , pushed his way in front of her . |
| 7 | The other could be called Jay , he 's of mixed race , about five foot six with dark curly hair , and was wearing dark jeans and a dark bomber jacket . |
| 8 | She wears jeans and a tatty jumper . |
| 9 | They 'd fed him and had the decency to give him fresh clothes , the shirt , blue jeans and a broad leather belt with embossed brass buckle to hold them up — camping-shop gear but adequate against the chill of November . |
| 10 | He was wearing jeans and a black sweatshirt , revealing tautly muscled shoulders . |
| 11 | All four men 's evidence agreed that the assailant was wearing blue jeans and a black T-shirt with the word ‘ authentic ’ written on it in white lettering , and that he was between five foot eight and five foot ten inches tall . |
| 12 | And , dressed in cowboy boots , tight jeans and a black T-shirt , she could easily pass for someone half her age . |
| 13 | Alice took off the cotton dress which was what young mothers wore in Chelmsford to shop in , put on jeans and a black T-shirt , the kind of clothes she would always wear now , through an indefinitely stretching future . |
| 14 | She wore jeans and a black leather jacket . |
| 15 | Jimmy , dressed in jeans and a black leather jacket , had arrived on his motorbike . |
| 16 | True to his word , Vitor d'Arcos quickly returned , this time wearing a cream thick-knit sweater , blue jeans and a black leather jacket . |
| 17 | She unpacked quickly and changed from her travelling clothes into jeans and a warm sweatshirt , stopping to twist her unruly auburn curls into a topknot , then returned to Reception to ask for directions to the theatre . |
| 18 | Dressed in a pair of faded old jeans and a warm cotton shirt that strained to contain the body it covered , he was clearly quite at home in his role as chef , and for a moment she watched , strangely drawn by the sight of him in this unexpected setting . |
| 19 | Moving like an automaton , she dressed in jeans and a warm sweater , smiling mirthlessly as she realised this was the third time she 'd been forced to flee from Dane Jacobsen . |
| 20 | Coconut 's yellow oilskins had been superseded by an equally blinding anorak and I , in the regrettable absence of my ski-suit jacket , looked camouflaged against the trees in stone-washed jeans and a roomy olive-drab Barbour borrowed from Tremayne . |
| 21 | Saska has chosen some soft denim jeans and a chunky silk Aran-knit . |
| 22 | Wearing jeans and a blue shirt , she was tugging at a filing cabinet which was too large for her to embrace and which was threatening to over-balance on her . |
| 23 | Luke strode along beside her , hands pushed easily into the pockets of the leather jacket he was wearing over jeans and a blue knit shirt that made his skin look even more tanned , his hair richly black . |
| 24 | Going down again in search of more coffee , he met Mary coming up the stairs wearing Rufus 's jeans and a dirty T-shirt with Louisiana State University printed on it . |
| 25 | The thought was distasteful but it continued to play on her mind as she got dressed in a pair of jeans and a flowered silk shirt . |
| 26 | She wore jeans and a large jumper , cowboy boots , one stainless steel earring . |
| 27 | She wore flared jeans and a tight shirt , a sort of cotton grandpa vest that outlined her breasts , and her feet were bare . |
| 28 | The man on the steps was middle-aged and authoritative-looking , and wore well-pressed jeans and a brass-buttoned blazer . |
| 29 | Then she dressed quickly in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt and pulled on her thick Aran cardigan . |
| 30 | Shelley hastily pulled on a pair of jeans and a thin cotton sweater , and stuck her feet into sandals . |