Example sentences of "[v-ing] in a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you assumed this public culture reflected political actuality you would be living in a fools ' paradise , the reverse side of Thatcherland . |
| 2 | There seems little wrong with that , for we have been living in a fools paradise for years and also depriving the Americans of value . |
| 3 | To pretend as the sister said , that because she and another sister share lesbian sexuality , that that is the only thing , I think is living in a fools paradise . |
| 4 | Yes so all this time were you still living in a nurses home ? |
| 5 | The thought of living in a mews cottage had been one of her daydreams , like living in a penthouse . |
| 6 | Danny was living in a children 's home . |
| 7 | It came to Noreen 's rescue when she was just fifteen , pregnant and living in a Children 's Home with little hope of anywhere else to go . |
| 8 | He is an amateur photographer , living in a bare-knuckles gold-mining boom town called Matupa on the southern rim of the Amazon basin . |
| 9 | defendant acquiescing in a plaintiffs inexcusable , inordinate and prejudicial delay in prosecuting an action was thereby debarred from having it dismissed for want of prosecution . |
| 10 | Teeth 42 in number ( 20 upper , 22 lower ) , strong correctly placed , meeting in a scissors bite — lower incisors touching inside of upper incisors . |
| 11 | When agreement is reached close the deal quickly and immediately confirm the agreed terms in writing in a heads of agreement . |
| 12 | Labour is accusing Mrs Thatcher of dodging a discussion on Britain 's entry into the Euro Monetary System ; they say she 's chosen to avoid speaking in a Commons debate on the issue because she 's humiliated by the U-turn entry has meant for her . |
| 13 | Batting in a limited-overs match is a high-risk business , and the batsman who is unwilling to take chances on improvised shots and sharp runs is of no use . |
| 14 | Like their father , and Milly their help , who was working in a munitions factory , and Bongo their dog ( their mother had n't said what had happened to him ) she belonged somewhere else . |
| 15 | That sounds like something that they might have at the end of term or something done by an adult working in a steelworks . |
| 16 | She says the nearest thing she 's done to this was working in a scouts ' gang show . |
| 17 | quite a coincidence your experience of working in a children 's home |