Example sentences of "lived on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are sites where it is not only possible to visit and see the reconstructions , but also to take part in activities simulating the way people lived on that site in the past , or even to live there for several days to get some sort of impression of the way of life . |
| 2 | The Vassoirs lived on two floors of a gaunt town house west of the Seine . |
| 3 | She lived on one of the small crofts on Lewis in a small glen that was home to three other crofts . |
| 4 | Coleman lived on cordial terms with his assistant , William Sewell , for over 40 years . |
| 5 | Ten people lived on ordinary wards at the beginning of the study , and eight lived in special units reserved for those with the most challenging behaviour . |
| 6 | At this time , some 7,000,000 people , almost all of them black , lived on 16,400,000 hectares of " communal " farmland , whereas 4,500 commercial farmers , almost all of them white , owned 11,500,000 hectares ( almost one-third of the country ) of prime agricultural land . |
| 7 | In 1820 Sir Frederick Adam published his Survey of the State of the Poor , in which he showed that throughout the shires rates of pay for labourers of all types were low , and that many families lived on small quantities of wheaten or barley bread , skimmed milk , cheese , potatoes and legumes , meat hardly ever figuring in their diet . |
| 8 | In 1985 regulations were held to be void as having no statutory authority where their purpose was to force able-bodied young people who lived on supplementary benefit to move from one area to another in search of employment . |
| 9 | Although few people still retained the Great War view that German soldiers wore dead babies on their helmet spikes and lived on human flesh , there was little doubt in many minds that the Fuhrer was related to the devil . |
| 10 | And it turned out that there was a big goblin that lived on this island and he just ate fairies . |
| 11 | The remaining 21 per cent lived on privately-owned sites . |