Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] live [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How wonderful it must be to live in a community where everyone trusts their neighbours and even strangers ; a community where you can invite outsiders into your house , garden or car , and share hospitality and friendship without any fear of danger . |
| 2 | He must be living in a dream world talking about the traditions and vitality of rural life as if we were still stuck in the Middle Ages . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd be living in a fantasy world ! |
| 4 | ‘ If this were my life , ’ he says softly , ‘ I 'd be living in a hotel made of chocolate sponge cake and organ music . |
| 5 | If we had really reached a state where a bloody and unprovoked attack on four unarmed members of our police provoked only glee and pleasure in the public then neither I , nor anyone else , would be living in a country we recognised . |
| 6 | However , any human beings who were observing the cups would be living in a universe in which disorder decreased with time . |
| 7 | I imagined the witchdoctor would be living in a village of several rondavels surrounded by reed hedges . |
| 8 | If things had happened differently he , Lewis , would be living in a house like this or in a flat in central London with a cottage in the country as well . |
| 9 | He and Anne would be living in a house like this one , rather than that neo-Georgian palace . |
| 10 | By the end of the century , the Chinese government hopes that every peasant family will be living in a brick and tile house with its own toilet and water supply : a dream that at the moment looks impossible . |