Example sentences of "live in the country " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah ha , you say — that 's just because she lives in the country now . |
| 2 | She lives in the country , it must be a mistake . |
| 3 | She lives in the country . |
| 4 | Mrs Sullen is a young gentlewoman , living in the country much against her will , and chafing against marriage to a drunken brute . |
| 5 | She had a wide circle of friends , all from the same social set , ex-public school , most of them with parents living in the country . |
| 6 | ‘ We hope you do n't mind our saying this , but do you think it wise to let Mrs Ross go out alone at her age when she is not used to living in the country ? |
| 7 | But in fairness to Bunce , who plays for Auckland , he has long been resident in New Zealand and had no thoughts of international rugby until approached by Western Samoa , whose 26-strong World Cup squad included only one player still living in the country . |
| 8 | Brenda liked living in the country for some things , but not for others . |
| 9 | He had overcome the main drawback of living in the country at Etten , since now he could associate with other artists , exchange views , be stimulated by the work and lives of others with whom he had something in common . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd hoped , like you , that everything would be all right , that I 'd feel differently once the baby came , that I 'd come to like living in the country . |
| 11 | Yet its adoption as the language of primary education , and the increased mobility of people living in the country , means that the use of Swahili will spread . |
| 12 | Especially isolated were lesbians living in the country in Ireland . |
| 13 | My father was in the army , we were living in the country , and she stayed and worked in London . |
| 14 | Having always liked the idea of living in the country , Geoff decided to go for a country-style kitchen . |
| 15 | ‘ Living in the country instead of the stuffy old city . |
| 16 | Small boys living in the country did n't take in fully what was happening in the world . |
| 17 | In the I880's — two Americans living in the country of their choice . |
| 18 | In this a group of friends form a syndicate to create the Hopkin myth , inventing biographical details ( ‘ a near genius living in the country with a romantic proletarian background , possibly a dipsomaniac mother and so on ’ ) for a painter who does not exist but whose paintings they churn out in a fashionable style ( ‘ with dots , crescent shapes and bright colours ’ ) and exhibit in a sensational first exhibition . |
| 19 | Bentley Drummle came from a rich family living in the country . |
| 20 | The assumption behind the Bacon and Eltis thesis is that only industrial production can maintain and improve the standard of living in the country . |
| 21 | He remembers vaguely about all this from when he was living in the country . |
| 22 | He owed his life to his men , he said , and he had been horrified to discover the conditions in which they lived at home , particularly in the towns — he being a gentleman , you see , and always living in the country in comfort . |
| 23 | When the Boundary Commission looks at these matters over every 10 years or so , demography and demographic conditions have to be considered , and it is less easy than it appears on paper simply to provide consistency in terms of the demographic relationship of the people living in the country and the number of Members representing them in the House . |
| 24 | I had always dreamed of living in the country . |
| 25 | I 'd been living in the country with my wife when she died unexpectedly . |
| 26 | Living in the country , we tend to put on a bit of a show on special occasions , and Edward 's parties used to be very sought-after . |
| 27 | That is not to say the process is not quicker when you are living in the country concerned . |
| 28 | He 's been doing the journey for fifteen years because he says he loves living in the country . |
| 29 | To qualify as a model foster parent you had to be at the wealthier level of the middle class , with an already established family ; it helped if you lived in the country ( away from urban enticements ) , spoke a little German , and could tolerate moody children who suffered bouts of depression and were inclined to long silences . |
| 30 | In the year 1700 between 80 and 90 per cent of the population lived in the country , including the small market-towns ( compared with about lo per cent in the year 1900 ) . |