Example sentences of "lived [prep] the country " in BNC.
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| 1 | General Lu Han had 180000 troops with him and they lived off the country in the traditional Chinese manner , looting and exporting industrial plant to China . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | She mostly lived in the country and she was rich . |
| 5 | Erm so what I have to is an executor appointed provided he lived in the country for instance because his address was abroad at the time . |
| 6 | You 're always saying you wished you still lived in the country . |
| 7 | ‘ You lived in the country , of course . ’ |
| 8 | Do n't worry , I lived in the country before , I know what I 'm doing . ’ |
| 9 | And if we lived in the country then it would n't be me coming home every night whacked out and wanting to be looked after and having a squawking infant instead . |
| 10 | She lived in the country with her husband and she was a great cook . |
| 11 | The sureness with which I carry out all motions on this return journey , the knowledge that is part of the recognition , overwhelmingly convinces me , in the dream and on waking , that I have often , often been there , although , as you know , I never lived in the country as a child , and all the lore that I needed for my little articles on Nature was garnered later from various sources . |
| 12 | Throughout the Middle Ages , the bulk of the population lived in the country , but although , comparatively speaking , the number of town dwellers was small , they played a considerable part in the national economy . |
| 13 | Whatever the position in remoter times , when most people lived in the country , the urbanisation of England in the nineteenth century meant , among other things , that farmland adjacent to what were once small towns became the target of urban development . |