Example sentences of "he [was/were] wear [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was wearing tartan trews and a glengarry . |
| 2 | Today he was wearing long trousers and a very remarkable jacket , and it did not even matter that his shoes were too small for his feet or that the safety-pin at his throat was digging into his flesh . |
| 3 | ‘ He was wearing fawn slacks yesterday , ’ said Iris . |
| 4 | Harrods , which last year refused entry to Jason Donovan , the singer , because he was wearing torn denims , said the guidelines were part of a programme to keep staff up to date with the latest styles . |
| 5 | He was wearing patched jeans and a dark brown jacket tied with string . |
| 6 | He was wearing khaki dungarees about three sizes too big for him and a boy 's shirt with pictures of Mickey Mouse printed across the front . |
| 7 | He was wearing dark sunglasses ; why , I do n't know . |
| 8 | He was wearing dark trousers and a white , short-sleeved shirt . |
| 9 | He was wearing two pairs of thermal overalls and had to struggle to the surface . |
| 10 | He was wearing rough clothes , and he was about sixty , with a brown face and long grey hair . |
| 11 | When last seen he was wearing blue jeans , a cream sweatshirt , blue padded jacket and black shoes . |
| 12 | He was wearing blue trousers and little white socks . |
| 13 | He was wearing close-fitting jeans , and a loose crimson silk shirt , open at the neck , and he carried a guitar . |
| 14 | He was wearing outsize boots without laces . |
| 15 | He was wearing expensive clothes , and a mask over his face . |
| 16 | He was wearing expensive clothes , and a mask . |
| 17 | He was wearing black trousers and a beautiful white shirt . |
| 18 | Winner used a megaphone to relay instructions while filming , and Crawford and Reed decided to smear shoe polish round the mouthpiece , which made him look as though he was wearing black lipstick . |
| 19 | He was wearing black track suit bottoms , black white and yellow T-shirt and three-quarter length yellow coat . |
| 20 | ‘ One of the odd things about it is that he was wearing brand-new clothes , ’ he added . |
| 21 | He was wearing baggy jeans and a striped blue sweatshirt . |
| 22 | He was wearing some kind of rock ‘ n ’ roll suit , the sort of thing that Jerry Lee Lewis might have worn — or more likely the duds you 'd see on a young country buck in one of those dreadful fifties US musicals like Carousel or County Fair . |
| 23 | He was wearing some sort of outlandish costume and his lips were rouged . |
| 24 | He was wearing some sort of brown caftan . |
| 25 | He was wearing this brace when he won the 1966 German and Dutch grands prix in the Tyrrell Matra . |
| 26 | He was wearing red flannel around his neck to ease the pain . |
| 27 | He was wearing paint-stained jeans and a baggy jersey with holes at the elbows . |
| 28 | He was wearing more lace than the Lady Francesca ! |
| 29 | ‘ He had a great long stride — like he was wearing seven league boots . |
| 30 | To say that his face was ferocious , that he was wearing heavy boots and screaming horrible threats does not help you beat him ; it just makes you more frightened than you already are . |