Example sentences of "lived a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This arose because although the site was nearly ideal for our purposes , right in the middle there stood a small cottage in which lived a retired shepherd , Amos Chatfield . |
| 2 | ‘ Once upon a time , ’ he would begin his lectures , ‘ in the remote marches and forests of Central Asia , near a lake called Issyk-Koul in the province of Semiriechinsk , there lived a small , pretty squirrel-like creature called the Marmot … ’ |
| 3 | Inside her , there lived a small frightened creature she felt was unlovable . |
| 4 | Meanwhile the owner the person who lived a small terraced property , whose garden backs onto the fields tried to get the hounds several dozen hounds off these two dogs who were being savaged to death and he had a heart attack in the process , Chairman and was hospitalized for several weeks That Chairman is the effect of the hunt on one of my constituents whose job it is for me to defend the rights that I was elected here to defend the rights of my constituents , not to be harassed in this manner . |
| 5 | The smaller resident landowners lived a simple life and were , like the Basque nobility , interested in the reform movement of the late eighteenth century and supplied many of its leaders . |
| 6 | The boy was so far from being ill-used or closely confined that he apparently lived a normal life , at least within the walls , going and coming much as he pleased , and eating in hall like a member of the household . |
| 7 | People lived a long time with fluid … asthma … emphysema … years . |
| 8 | Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North . |
| 9 | Although she lived a long way from the town , she seldom missed Brownie Pack Meeting . |
| 10 | A lot of people seem to refer to Jesus as a good man who lived a long time ago ; a man who taught about God and who became ‘ Son of God ’ by his resurrection . |
| 11 | Men lived a long time on Tarvaras . |
| 12 | ‘ It does n't matter — just someone who lived a long time ago — best forgotten . ’ |
| 13 | They lived a long way away , but they decided to take a weeks holiday in Cornwall and decided to see Daryl in the middle of it . |
| 14 | He lived a great deal in his fantasies and he enjoyed these . |
| 15 | It sometimes meant he lived a hectic life , especially when the band were playing far from Leeds . |
| 16 | you lived a young life did n't you ? |
| 17 | If his public life was typical of the Whig grandees of his day , Wharton lived a private life ( at least in his head ) that was bizarre in the extreme . |
| 18 | Therefore , in the bleak aftermath of war , he lived a hand-to-mouth existence in the less attractive areas of London . |
| 19 | By the time of Jesus , those Jews who lived a good distance from Jerusalem were required only to make the pilgrimage at Passover . |
| 20 | For seven years , Safarimoja kept track of the cassava , transplanting it to various places as he lived a nomadic hunting life . |
| 21 | And for two years Pula lived a luxurious life , safe behind a high fence , feeding on imported peanuts , strawberry yoghurt , and fresh vegetables . |
| 22 | As a Jewish family , they lived a structured , close-knit life . |
| 23 | In Mongu Town , where I was born , there lived a merry maid , up high in banana tree ! ’ |
| 24 | As the afternoon wore on he began to look unhappy , muttered to Dr Neil that he might have supposed that his cousin James would forget to come — he lived a busy life , after all . |
| 25 | That 's why he lived a lonely life and locked all his doors so carefully . |
| 26 | But Marje , we discovered last week , lived a double life for over 20 years , privately despising her husband while publicly referring to him as ‘ Proopsie ’ . |
| 27 | Sadie lived a solitary life for about three years without even the company of other dogs . |
| 28 | He ended up in the village of Hampole near Doncaster , where he became the spiritual director of the local anchoress Margaret Kirkby , who lived a solitary life in a cell next to the Church , and the nuns of the enclosed Cistercian convent . |
| 29 | Now Jackson lived a solitary existence . |
| 30 | Now God loves the world , he sent Jesus to die for the world , Jesus came , he lived a sinless life , he gave his life on the cross of Calvary , he died there for my sins they were put on him , the whole story of salvation but , salvation in it 's totality is God 's gift , I do not have to merit it . |