Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] wearing [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were wearing a next-to-nothing nightie and he was sitting on my bed , I 'd be having serious trouble breathing too ! |
| 2 | It was early evening , about seven o'clock ; I was wearing a short skirt and no coat , because the weather was warm , and we were supposed to be going out . |
| 3 | and I 've also got one album erm with a few pictures in from when I was in Kenya which was in nineteen eighty four so , you know , if anyone wants to see what I looked like in there I had longer hair and I was wearing a white coat so they 're very welcome . |
| 4 | I was wearing a heavy overcoat and woollen gloves but the bust whipped its way right into my bones . |
| 5 | The only excuse I have is that I was very young , a marvellous justification for most reprobate behaviour , and that I was wearing an uncomfortable vest . |
| 6 | The trouble is , I ca n't for the life of me remember what I was wearing the last time I went to see Angy , or on the day she died . |
| 7 | I spent about seven weeks there and I felt great inside but it was like I was wearing the wrong slip cover . |
| 8 | You were wearing a blue gaberdine suit and a white blouse with a pussy bow at the neck . ’ |
| 9 | You might have to show the inspector the stamp to show that you were wearing the correct trousers — every now and then , you had to bring all your uniform in and all your uniform was an awful lot of uniform . |
| 10 | She was wearing a woollen cardigan , woollen |
| 11 | She was wearing a burgundy-coloured dress of fine corduroy and reminded me herself of foreign wine . |
| 12 | She was wearing a simple shift , and he pulled it up around her waist . |
| 13 | He had forgotten that Marie was only a girl ; forgotten that she was wearing a ridiculous dressing-gown . |
| 14 | She was wearing a black mini-skirt and white lacy top . |
| 15 | Then she opened her eyes , and rose to her feet She was wearing a black shirt outside black jeans , with black ballet shoes . |
| 16 | In Zborowski 's apartment in Nice , Modigliani drew a second portrait of Germaine , very similar , only this time she was wearing a black dress . |
| 17 | She was wearing a black karate suit . |
| 18 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 19 | She was wearing a black nylon coat and a badge that said SHARON LACEY . |
| 20 | She was wearing a short-sleeved blouse that left her arms bare to the elbow . |
| 21 | She told me that she was wearing a blue hat and coat and that she was safely strapped in her pushchair . |
| 22 | She was wearing a blue shift that made her arms and legs look very brown . |
| 23 | She was wearing a blue costume with a slit skirt that opened when she crossed her legs . |
| 24 | She was wearing a dark tracksuit and was smiling warmly , as if she had simply stopped on her way to the solarium to pick up a neighbour . |
| 25 | She was wearing a cheap polyester dress in hideous shades of brown and pink , and her hair looked wispy and unkempt . |
| 26 | She was wearing a long dress , torn and wet , with a tight bodice … |
| 27 | She was wearing a severe school uniform , olive green , from an expensive private school . |
| 28 | She suffered a serious head injury even though she was wearing a recommended riding hat . |
| 29 | An inquest has heard how a fifteen year old girl died in a fall from her horse — even though she was wearing a recommended safety helmet . |
| 30 | She was wearing a pink cotton dress which evidently belonged , not to her , but to the fattest resident , a mountain of a woman who was also asleep , whom Stephen had never seen other than asleep in all his visits . |