Example sentences of "[adj] live [prep] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the rich could flaunt their wealth the numerous urban poor lived in a state of penury . |
| 2 | Now a man may marry his stepmother or stepdaughter , or a woman her stepfather or stepson , provided that the younger person is aged at least 21 and has not at any time before reaching the age of 18 lived as a child of the family of the older person . |
| 3 | The population does not , unfortunately , all live within a mile of Whitehall ; nor does it consist exclusively of Englishmen . |
| 4 | £12 for the year for those living within a radius of 50 miles of the training venue . |
| 5 | ( I am not , however , suggesting that if you exercise it will be possible to live on a diet of eggs , butter and cream — moderation in all things ! ) |
| 6 | In one , for example , a casual labourer and his wife in their sixties lived with a woman of 79 , her son of 57 who was a street matchseller , and six younger tenants ; in another a woman of 68 was subletting to another woman of 65 , a crippled woman of sixty , and two others ; while in a third household a 71-year-old sandwich-man lived with an unrelated widow and widower of the same age and two younger tenants . |