Example sentences of "[Wh pn] live [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had originated as a spontaneous civilian outburst now began to be depicted in the international media as a revolt by Iraq 's majority Shia community , most of whom lived in the southern part of the country . |
| 2 | The report showed that there were between 27,000,000 and 35,000,000 blind people in the world , over 90 per cent of whom lived in the developing world , mostly in rural areas . |
| 3 | Not all of the émigrés from Eastern Europe were so fortunate as Goma and Tanase , who lived with the constant threat of assassination at least until Christmas 1989 . |
| 4 | Surely , a full life even for someone who lived to the advance age of 92 . |
| 5 | Sir Eric and Lady Paignton were there , a kindly , elderly couple , who lived on the other side of the village , and one or two people from Clyst St George ; and a fat , over-dressed little woman who turned out to be Mrs Blessington-Dalrymple . |
| 6 | I ca n't remember exactly who lived on the right hand side , I 've forgotten but th I know the Chief Clerk lived just a little way down , you see , er |
| 7 | It was true however that Doris Smythe , an elderly widow who lived on the opposite side of their suburban road in a small rented house , did n't like too much bustle around her . |
| 8 | erm in the days when they had terraced houses back to back terraced houses erm well anywhere in the country I guess but but where I come from it was fine for the people who lived with their doors on the on the road but the people who lived at the other side of the block they could n't get from the road so every so often down the down the terrace they had a little alley way an entry I think you 'd probably call it in Scotland , do n't they ? |
| 9 | Who lived at the top end of our street |
| 10 | One day they decided to visit their best friends , the three billy-goats Gruff who lived over the rickety bridge . |
| 11 | The Buckinghamshire freeholders who lived in the immediate neighbourhood of the Tory local landowner , Sir John Verney , in fact also tended to poll in favour of the Whigs . |
| 12 | Harold was as well-mannered , she considered , as anyone in the University , including the stiff old Prebendary Porkadder , who lived in the next-door house with his housekeeper . |
| 13 | There was a peremptory sharpness to the knock which announced the presence of Mrs Bradshaw , a lady in her early sixties who lived in the next-door flat . |
| 14 | The war was unlikely to become much more than a dispute over frontier posts , in which success would depend to a considerable extent on winning the support of the Indians who lived in the wide area between the colonies . |
| 15 | A section of the hardboard wall was tugged aside , and Chrissie glimpsed the pale , unshaven features of the man who lived in the concealed room . |
| 16 | They were , after all , Soviet citizens , who lived in the Soviet Union , not Russia or Kirghizia as it used to be called . |
| 17 | It occurs to me , for example , that given that all we 've heard this afternoon about the fact that a new settlement and again I 'm playing devil 's advocate , that if it were possible to build onto an existing settlement the quality of life of those who lived in the new settlement might in fact be better than if they were , to put it crudely , finding themselves in the middle of a field . |
| 18 | Yolande was an attractive French girl , who lived in the up-market district . |
| 19 | They were concerned most , however , about one section of the mass audience and that was the hard-core army of regular adolescent film-goers who lived in the disorganized city centres , the so-called ‘ crowded section ’ . |
| 20 | He is said to have instructed that a castle be built to impress and intimidate the wild Ui Meith who lived in the surrounding countryside . ’ |
| 21 | My Mum was the only white person who lived in the whole house , a point not unnoticed by me since I often asked her how come she lived there with us when everyone else was black … |
| 22 | The upkeep of Hogarth House became neglected and it was severely damaged by enemy bombing , during the second world war , but a well known Chiswick resident who lived in the fine mansion of Grove House , Col. R. W. Shipway , J.P. , made a generous gift to the Middlesex County Council who restored the house and reopened it to the public as a museum in 1951 , transferring it to the London Borough of Hounslow in 1965 . |
| 23 | Mrs Bennet of Upper Halling who lived in the old Chapel Houses was also a staunch member of this little Church and assisted Mrs Still until her death . |
| 24 | Septimus , who lived in the Green Tree Inn , Skinnergate , did not live to see his design leave the drawing board for in 1862 he drowned while swimming off Redcar . |
| 25 | The work was based around interviews , conducted by pupils , with people who lived in the local area during the war . |
| 26 | Everyone who lives across the northern part of this land . |
| 27 | The Masai say that Engai Narok ( the black god ) , who lives in the dark storm clouds , has fed the earth with life-giving rain . |
| 28 | There is a strong contrast between Stuart Graham 's wet and weedy Alec , who lives in the big house , with Peter O'Meara 's boyish Jerry , who comes from more humble stock . |
| 29 | ‘ who is that fierce old lady who lives in the white cottage ? ’ |
| 30 | During his campaign this personable single man , who lives in the very heart of the constituency in Guisborough , has appealed to Dr. Kumar and Mr Bates to stop ‘ the negative mudslinging ’ and take part in constructive political debate . |