Example sentences of "[verb] to wear a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were the Ostarbeiters , intelligent and educated , and set to work as labourers , made to wear a badge . |
| 2 | Check beforehand if you intend to wear a badge because , if the rules are being strictly interpreted , only a single national or association badge will be permitted . |
| 3 | From the waist-down I intend to wear a pair of blue jeans with the possible added attraction of whatever I manage to spill down them tonight in the pub . |
| 4 | Thus , the girl in Geneva who continually mixed ‘ Laura Ashley ’ clothes with her own , and the girl in Paris who agreed to wear a ‘ Laura Ashley ’ shirt , but left off her bra , must have known that their futures with the company were blighted . |
| 5 | To start with , Alison planned to wear a white evening dress . |
| 6 | She knew that Sarah planned to wear a midnight blue taffeta dress , with silver sandals and her mother 's diamante clips and fur cape . |
| 7 | Would she want to wear a sweater as wide as it 's long ? |
| 8 | It would have been better than staying at home but I did not want to wear a school uniform . |
| 9 | I was holding off buying an away shirt , as I did n't want to wear a shirt that had never won a game . |
| 10 | I like to look smart so I tend to wear a lot of jackets with trousers or skirts . |
| 11 | For today 's ceremony , she is expected to wear a favourite broad-brimmed hat and an over the knee pastel coloured dress . |
| 12 | Until early in the eighteenth century , moreover , foreign diplomats when given audience by the sultan were expected to wear a Turkish-style robe over their normal clothing in order to spare him the repellent sight of European dress . |
| 13 | You will need to wear a watch to time the starts ; this should be worn on the wrist of your right hand , with the face on the inside , so that in the final seconds of a frantic starboard tack start it can easily be read whilst in the sailing position . |
| 14 | My hands are of your colour , but I shame To wear a heart so white . |
| 15 | In a new age of philistinism , when everything has to wear a price tag , the beauty and wonder of the world of nature have low value in the market place . |
| 16 | She now has to wear a neck brace , keep her left arm still with a sling and use a walking stick . |
| 17 | Please sir , Axl 's doctor said we 're to be nice to him because he comes from a broken home and he has to wear a kilt . |
| 18 | Perhaps if it 's a bad case the patient has to wear a special boot or keep the leg held straight with iron braces . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Even at night time the chronic itching is no better and Graham has to wear a specially made sleep suit which covers his entire body , ’ says Kathleen . |
| 20 | And their bride has to wear er , all in red and er the bridegroo er groom has to wear a long costume with a red big flowers in front i aha and then they get married and there 's erm band , the Chinese traditional band with drums and trumpets blowing all the time and er , all the guests have a very nice time . |
| 21 | She also has to wear a set of hideously long fingernails . |
| 22 | His arm is weak , and he has to wear a splint on his leg . |
| 23 | But Kernaghan has to wear a brace on his right leg for another five weeks after his knee locked against Tranmere Rovers . |
| 24 | ‘ Every client I treat usually loses at least an inch — so it 's ideal if you 're going out for the evening and want to wear a specially tight outfit . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I want to wear a really sexy off-the-shoulder dress with a tight waist , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 26 | And if I want to wear a nice pair of Clarks ' grey espadrilles so then I will wear them . |
| 27 | If a person wants to wear a wig and erm you know you should feel comfortable with or without a wig , does n't really matter does it ? |
| 28 | While watching TV , Buck sees a show in which a poodle is made to wear a wig , false eyelashes and panties . |
| 29 | er she happened to wear a sort of a striped top or something is n't she ? |
| 30 | Something old IF YOU would like to wear a Victorian veil at your wedding , the Royal School of Needlework has 12 for hire . |