Example sentences of "[am/are] living [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Suddenly Europe tells me I am living in a new country called Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
2 | However , my corresponding Ego fantasy is of losing my wits to such an extent that I am unable to work ; I am living in a filthy bedsit and the floor is strewn with pieces of paper that I am unable to make sense of , final demands which have not been paid , dirty clothes , plants which have fallen over , unwashed plates and mugs — and I am curled up in a foetal ball , wishing the world would go away ! |
3 | Failing this , a fit elderly neighbour may be willing to come , either voluntarily or for a small payment , which would be useful to them if they are living on a small pension . |
4 | At present we are living through a curious combination of the technology of the late 20th century , the free trade of the 19th and the rebirth of the sort of interstitial centres characteristic of world trade in the Middle Ages . |
5 | Well obviously the Kuwaitis erm living outside live under a hardship , are living under a tremendous amount of pressure . |
6 | I think that people who are living in a fixed abode are paying in the end . |
7 | They also made a good point , that all timber-frame houses should be formally recorded as such either by the NHBC or on the title deeds , ‘ so that people realise they are living in a timber-frame house and can take professional advice when making alterations ’ . |
8 | Perhaps it is less hopeful in some senses , because unlike the early church we are living in a post-Christian age . |
9 | In the first place , as the title makes plain , if offers a searching criticism of the claim that we are living in a postmodern epoch , and the consequence of that claim , that the culture and politics appropriate to such an epoch are structurally different from those of the preceding — and now past — Modern one . |
10 | Living in modernity does not mean living in an age that is intrinsically evil because it is modern , but it does mean that we have to understand that we are living in a fallen culture : a culture whose people and institutions and social habits need to be redeemed . |
11 | We are living in a remarkable time , when the conflict of opinions renders a firm foundation of knowledge indispensable … |
12 | But a single indicator dominates the equations , namely the estimated number of children aged 5–17 who are living in a lone-parent family : each such child accrues a thousand pounds . |
13 | ‘ We are living in a cultural wilderness at the moment . |
14 | So we do feel that er , while children feel they do n't er have the freedom , we feel that er , er , er a very nice system , which has been socially used for , is being sacrificed because we are living in a different set-up . |
15 | At that moment they are living in a monothematic world limited to one thought : to attain the goal they are fighting for . |
16 | Realistic — i.e. not ‘ spend all my holidays in Hawaii ’ when you 're living on a low income . |
17 | We 're living in a policed state , no matter if you live in London , no matter if you live in Los Angeles , New York or Johannesburg . |
18 | ‘ I 'm living on a huge overdraft , ’ he said . |
19 | I wake up like it , I go to bed like it , I 've got it all the time that I 'm living with a bloody nightmare , all the time . |