Example sentences of "[prep] live [prep] the country " in BNC.
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| 1 | Atrocity stories — the shootings on the night of 2 May , Dupont 's sack of Cordoba , the pillage of soldiers in a country where the Napoleonic system of living on the country broke down — fed xenophobic hatred of the French as vandals and heretics . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Having always liked the idea of living in the country , Geoff decided to go for a country-style kitchen . |
| 4 | The assumption behind the Bacon and Eltis thesis is that only industrial production can maintain and improve the standard of living in the country . |
| 5 | I had always dreamed of living in the country . |
| 6 | I 've had odd holidays with friends and my parents but this is the first time I 've actually sort of lived in the country . |
| 7 | Nine out of ten of the 2/2 Independent Company were from the dry country districts of Western Australia , used to living in the bush , butchering their own meat , and improvising motor repairs — skills they found essential in living off the country in Timor and during their first year or so as an Independent Company stationed 250 miles ( 400km ) south of Darwin in the little town of Katherine with its corrugated buildings , its one hotel and two stores . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 ? |