Example sentences of "wore a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although upright and looking much younger than her years , she seemed to have changed a great deal from when I had seen her last , and she wore a slightly dazed expression ( as well she might , I told myself , considering her age and the difficulty of her situation ) . |
| 32 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
| 33 | Indoors she wore a long black pinafore-like garment , sleeveless and reaching almost to the ground , which she had made from a cotton material used later during the war for black-out curtains and called , I think , sateen . |
| 34 | The folds of this pinafore fell amply from a short yoke , and beneath it she wore a succession of woollen jumpers . |
| 35 | When she went shopping to the town she wore a long , voluminous , dark-grey cloak of which she was very proud . |
| 36 | On his head he wore a white nightcap … ‘ |
| 37 | She wore a cotton frock with little daisies and forget-me-knots sprinkled all over , and a fluffy , pink , angora cardigan . |
| 38 | I wore a red pencil moustache , sequins , inflatable flowers , just to distract the public so I could sell memberships . |
| 39 | Her wispy grey hair was tied back in a bun , and she wore a cotton housecoat which crossed over at the front and tied at the waist . |
| 40 | He wore a tight khaki shirt , buttoned at the neck , and threadbare army denims turned up at the bottom . |
| 41 | Buddie always wore a hooped ear-ring in one ear and a chain around his neck decorated with the teeth of strange animals . |
| 42 | ‘ And yet he wore a collar and tie , ’ put in Kathleen , tipping Madeira cake crumbs deftly from her plate into the little blue tin always brought in for that purpose with the tea trolley . |
| 43 | She also wore a new lipstick called Chloe , which took some attention away from the slight sallowness she imagined she saw in her complexion , and a splash of light cologne . |
| 44 | She had never liked Doctor Sparrow , who was too young and wore a constant air of disbelief . |
| 45 | She wore a soft , hyacinth-coloured jersey , for she had summed up Miss Cress as a rival and as a woman who took everything in , clothes , manners , appearances , weighed and judged them . |
| 46 | She wore a white muslin dress because , with her long black hair , white was thought so striking on her . |
| 47 | Any sport involving running was not only embarrassing , it was also extremely painful , because I never wore a proper fitting bra . |
| 48 | And on many of the occasions I had the distinct impression that the girls had dressed up too : one girl wore a big hat , another a beautiful sari in purple and black , another wore DM boots and a big overcoat ; many wore make-up , jewellery and perfume . |
| 49 | One pole wore a similar notice which read ‘ I 'm Sick of Sixties Disco Posters . ’ |
| 50 | The swan-white robes were not the possessions of single families but of the community , and every mother whose infant wore a robe made and sewed a tiny bow to the back of the garment , so that it might be recorded how many infants had been christened in it . |
| 51 | The master who performed the pairing-up ceremony wore a parody of clerical vestments and pronounced the couple ‘ properly paired-up ’ . |
| 52 | No-one wore a bigger smile than Ken Schofield , executive director of the PGA European Tour . |
| 53 | The third man was 20 to 22 , 6ft , had an F tattooed on a forearm and wore a Mexican-type moustache . |
| 54 | Stay at Goulding 's Lodge , a ranch built for the set of the movie She Wore A Yellow Ribbon ( this , remember , was John Ford country ) and surrounded by high open desert . |
| 55 | He wore a blue jersey , striped shirt and grey trousers , and had a large gash and abrasions on his right cheek . |
| 56 | Lamb , who was short and had wavy , blonde hair , wore a tracksuit and plimsolls . |
| 57 | He wore a tarnished gold watch chain across his waistcoat . |
| 58 | He also wore a typical bright blue cloak , and always carried a sword with a gilded hilt . |
| 59 | He also wore a jewelled crown for such occasions , and a jewelled hilted sword . |
| 60 | He also wore a helmet , and carried the traditional scramasax as a second sword , as well as a spear with a large crosspiece behind the blade , and a round shield . |