Example sentences of "[coord] live [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's it like to eat in a tree or live on a bus ? |
| 2 | Widows who remarry , or live with a man as his wife , cease to receive widows ' pension unless , that is , they are aged 60 or over in which case they may continue to receive their pension . |
| 3 | The lone mothers in the Bradshaw and Millar study reported that the best thing about being a lone parent was ‘ independence ’ ( while the worst was ‘ loneliness ’ ) and 47 per cent said they preferred to stay as lone parents in the near future , rather than re-marry ( 23 per cent ) or live with a partner ( 13 per cent ) . |
| 4 | Perhaps you have always had a yearning to play the piano or flute , or run your own business , or work abroad , or build a boat , or write short stories , or run a marathon , or live in a country cottage ? |
| 5 | One day I would sing torch songs in Rio , write five best-sellers in London , have no children , or live in a brownstone in New York , all by myself . |
| 6 | Anybody who 's anybody knows that a pair of brand new trainers — bright laces undone , tongues out , displaying that all important brand name — says more about you than a wallet full of gold credit cards ’ , you know it 's time to leave the country and live on a desert island in your bare feet or search the loft for your ex-issue Diadora Borg Elite or Stan Smiths . |
| 7 | Keep out the world and live as a recluse ; admit what visitors one wishes ; create tenancies or sub-tenancies ; grow mushrooms in the cellar ; sing bawdy songs in the bath ; paint the front door a luminous green ; sunbathe in the nude — no-one could list them all . |
| 8 | And live like a princess . |
| 9 | Tolstoy , uneasy about his wealth , wanted to reject violence in all its forms and live like a peasant . |
| 10 | In many ways , the St Lawrence belugas have provided a perfect opportunity for scientists to study the effects of contaminants on a wild whale population , since they are isolated from other groups , and live in a river system known to be contaminated . |
| 11 | They used to come over for the spud-picking and go to Ormskirk and live in a bothy and would come to Scotland Place because there were so many wakes . |
| 12 | We would rather be free and live in a mess . |
| 13 | They can bury themselves in mud during droughts and live in a cocoon made out of mucus from their skin . |
| 14 | ‘ If he tells me once more that his parents met at midnight on Hallowe'en and live in a riverside pub which is his and his brother 's — I do n't know what I 'll do ! ’ thought Jane . |
| 15 | Indeed the kinds of arguments that are mustered ( Jesus did not ordain women and that is a fact , the church has not ordained women and that is a fact , women in all societies have been subordinate to men and that is a fact ) become no arguments at all when we realize the context in which Jesus did what he did , when we know that the biological views on which Thomas Aquinas ' views were founded were false , and live in a world in which ( in our western societies at least ) women are coming to take their place as the equals of men . |
| 16 | You have to be black and live in a place like Deptford : then it sounds believable . |
| 17 | In most cases women can still smoke , consume alcohol , abuse drugs and live in a manner that threatens the quality of life of the unborn fetus without being held accountable , except in cases where they break other non-related laws . |
| 18 | I run 45 miles a day , drink Peruvian spring water an' live on a diet of nuts . |