Example sentences of "was wearing [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was wearing no make-up ; she could have been a girl fresh from the country . |
| 2 | The girl was undeniably beautiful , and clearly knew it for she was wearing no petticoat and a diaphanous dress of pale gold that did little to hide her body . |
| 3 | And she found her eyes drifting to examine his left hand , noting that as usual he was wearing no rings , hating the way hope stirred foolishly for a moment . |
| 4 | She was wearing a huge orange tee shirt and black leggings and looked exactly as she always looked . |
| 5 | He was wearing a leather jacket with one sleeve torn off . |
| 6 | ‘ but he was wearing a collar and I 'd tied him to a lamppost . ’ |
| 7 | He was wearing a dark suit and tie when we met . |
| 8 | The woman was wearing a red hat which Katharine impertinently asked to try on . |
| 9 | He was wearing a T-shirt and jeans and looked perfect for the UK market . |
| 10 | He was wearing a tea towel all right , but Lawrence was a funny name for an Arab and he seemed confused about caravans . |
| 11 | Under it he was wearing a slate-blue suit in tussore , the cut , material and colour not quite masculine enough for his height and heavily muscled chest . |
| 12 | The one at the front , shouting loudest , was wearing a badge saying ‘ Stuff the Jubilee ’ . |
| 13 | Maybe he was wearing a leather berry or a pale blue suite . |
| 14 | He removed them when he first came since they would not shut because , as old Mr Abbott the gardener explained , ‘ not once but twice Mr Betjeman reversed out of the garage without opening the doors , and when charged with stupidity , made the excuse that on both occasions he was wearing a sou'wester . ’ |
| 15 | He was a sensible and capable boy , an eldest child , so he moved closer , trying not to breathe , and stood steadfastly looking until he was confident of what he had seen : a body , must be a girl because it was wearing a skirt , lying face down , head towards the bottom of the embankment as if she had dived off the top . |
| 16 | The first time I met my wife , I was wearing a fine blue jacket . |
| 17 | Her marriage was on the rocks , she had had a breakdown , her social life was in ruins and yet when she came to ask for his help she was wearing a sweatshirt which had the slogan on it , ‘ Christ is the answer ’ . |
| 18 | Her scrunched up face made her look as if she was wearing a perpetual mirthless grin . |
| 19 | He was wearing a dark Russian-style overcoat . |
| 20 | He was wearing a Red Indian suit . |
| 21 | He was wearing a tin helmet and staring at something on the wall , a picture . |
| 22 | He was wearing a dark suit . |
| 23 | Higher and higher the shaking hand pushed the skirts until I saw that she was wearing a pair of white calico drawers , and remembering the black lace French knickers with their little rosebud trimmings , I understood . |
| 24 | She was wearing a plaid dressing-gown that her Dad had left behind : it smelled like an old dog and was as scratchy and heavy as wearing a carpet . |
| 25 | He had forgotten that Marie was only a girl ; forgotten that she was wearing a ridiculous dressing-gown . |
| 26 | Mike was wearing a jester 's outfit with bells on , one leg red and the other leg yellow . |
| 27 | Despite the chilly autumn afternoon , she was wearing a thin old-fashioned dress which came down almost to her ankles . |
| 28 | Even in this weather he was wearing a sleeveless vest . |
| 29 | She was wearing a blue costume with a slit skirt that opened when she crossed her legs . |
| 30 | HE WAS NOT ALLOWED to go to school again until Thursday morning , by which time the missing button had been replaced on the collar of his shirt and he was wearing a pair of smart new shoes of polished black leather and knee-length grey socks with a dark red band around their tops . |