Example sentences of "[pers pn] be wear a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat . |
| 2 | I 'm wearing a blue prison-issue shirt — open-neck , of course — and the jeans I was wearing when they arrested me . |
| 3 | I 'm wearing a black figure-hugging knee-length frock , which has been hand-embroidered all over with dangling jet beads ; sharp , dangling jet beads that make standing up imperative . |
| 4 | Though my head is uncovered , I 'm wearing a huge black rubber raincoat — my favourite — and slinging my holdall over my shoulder , tuck my cold blue hands into the wide warm sleeves and strike out towards home . |
| 5 | I was wearing a blue woollen sailor 's hat as disguise . |
| 6 | The glamorous nightdress I 'd bought to wear for his visit was still lying in my locker and , instead , I was wearing a shabby old hospital gown . |
| 7 | I remember I had this one on my arm and we were we , I was wearing a short sleeved t-shirt and there was some Americans sat behind and I said , ca , I can just always remember one thing Gosh ! |
| 8 | The first time I met my wife , I was wearing a fine blue jacket . |
| 9 | I was wearing a thick semi-dry suit and I was quite cold the water was cold and this was in June I was quite nervous and I was forever adjusting my buoyancy to achieve neutral buoyancy . |
| 10 | I was wearing a tight black one-piece , with hands and neck coloured Egertroic green , and artful of scarlet down my front to simulate the usual bloodstains . |
| 11 | I was wearing a large theatrical ring with an enormous ‘ emerald ’ surrounded by paste diamonds and he bent more closely to look at it . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's wearing a fabulous black silk sheath dress and satin shoes . |
| 13 | She 's wearing a slinky black mini-skirt and slinky black top , but it is not , apparently , erotic enough . |
| 14 | She is wearing a long fitted skirt of khaki . |
| 15 | Underneath she was wearing a simple black swimsuit with a high neck and wide shoulder-straps . |
| 16 | Beneath an open , high-necked , long-sleeved cotton dressing gown , she was wearing a simple white cotton nightdress , which stuck to her still damp body , and she smelt of soap and steam . |
| 17 | When she returned , some twenty minutes later , she was wearing a lilac pintucked pinafore dress over a flower-sprigged blouse with a white collar . |
| 18 | The size of a five-year old , though quite adult in appearance , she was wearing a well-tailored white cotton short-sleeved blouse , a blue denim wraparound skirt , and open-toed sandals . |
| 19 | She was wearing a wide-collared blue-and-white striped dress , that left her arms bare . |
| 20 | She was wearing a low-cut green silk dress , partially covered by a charming little white broderie anglaise nonsense of an apron , the sort of apron that features in blue movies . |
| 21 | Her scrunched up face made her look as if she was wearing a perpetual mirthless grin . |
| 22 | And she was wearing a grubby red dress with a kind of paisley pattern on it . |
| 23 | She was wearing a dark blue gaberdine suit , a white blouse with a pussy bow , her check coat folded over one arm . |
| 24 | It was rather a coincidence that she was wearing a dark blue guernsey exactly like Laura 's , with a neck which necessitated the same blindfold struggle to get it off About the whole incident Richard felt no dissatisfaction and certainly no regret . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , it 's bliss … ’ she began , then noticed Xanthe 's delicate widening of her eyes and a slight wrinkle of pale nose , like white jade , and noticed that on her fair curls she was wearing a small moulded felt cap , with a slantwise spray of fluffy feathers — ; egret ? — curving into her nape . |
| 26 | She was wearing a long white cotton skirt , flat shoes , and hand-knit cotton top in pale pink . |
| 27 | She was wearing a fringed dark purple midi-skirt and a pink muslin shirt from the early seventies , which had tiny mirrors sewn into it , and which was clinging unashamedly to her breasts . |
| 28 | She was wearing a plain white T-shirt . |
| 29 | When found , she was wearing a pink floral dress , lilac tights , a white cardigan and black patent leather shoes . |
| 30 | She was wearing a pink striped t-shirt and black jeans . |