Example sentences of "[conj] living [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed ‘ being without anyone ’ is a misery far worse for a writer than bad reviews , or a nagging little illness , or a minor bereavement , or living under a bad government — Dorothy Osborne fared very well under the Commonwealth . |
| 2 | If Charlie had been a different man , a cultivated man or effeminate or living in a bygone age when tongues were more freely unloosed , he might now have embraced Jack and told him from a full heart how he entered wholly into his joy and would die for his happiness . |
| 3 | If we are in a happy partnership , whether married or living in a close relationship with a man or woman , retirement years are a time to look forward to and for doing things together . |
| 4 | This is the feral dog ; the domestic animal adapted to the wild and living as a wild animal . |
| 5 | The hospital authorities had tracked her down in California , where she was enjoying success as a fabric designer and living with a famous composer of film music . |
| 6 | During 1860–2 he had found his title and ideas for some of the leading incidents , including the story of a young man feigning death and living with an assumed identity , but was unable to set himself to the writing until the autumn of 1863 , when he determined not to begin publication until he had 5 numbers in hand , since he was now writing so slowly , with care and with difficulty . |
| 7 | Only a quarter of children with a good relationship and living in a discordant home showed a conduct disorder in a study reported by Rutter ( 1979a ) , compared to three-quarters of those lacking such a relationship . |
| 8 | It 's like we 're sort of living here together — you know , sort of like we 're married or summat and living in a proper house of our own and all that . |
| 9 | I visualized Alison as living in a classic North Oxford mansion set on a bosky avenue amid the murmuring of innumerable dons , so I was surprised to find myself directed up the hill to Headington . |