Example sentences of "he lived [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scott inherited the family estate in 1596 , but from 1612 until towards the end of his life he lived for a good part of the year in Canterbury . |
| 2 | In 1902 he lived for a short period in Clerkenwell , east London . |
| 3 | The principle which would have to be established first of all is that each person in the world ( all those aged 21 or over , suggests Dr Grubb ) would have an equal share in man-made carbon dioxide emissions , regardless of whether he lived in a rich developed country or a poor one which produced hardly any carbon dioxide at all . |
| 4 | His name was Fred Paxford , and he lived in a small wooden bungalow on the other side of the brick kilns . |
| 5 | He lived in a small house there with his brothers and sisters , all Israeli citizens who spoke Hebrew and lived and worked in Israel . |
| 6 | He lived in a small cottage in the fields just off what is now Princess Way . |
| 7 | Grandfather 's wage was the magnificent sum of twelve shillings per week and of course he lived in a tied cottage . |
| 8 | He lived in a good loose-box , and was let out to water twice a day . |
| 9 | He lived in a pleasing little flat some distance away from the prison . |
| 10 | He lived in a quiet road off the south side of Clapham Common in a small Victorian semi , with tiny patches of garden at front and back . |
| 11 | Now he lived in a neat semi-detached on the outskirts of Bradford with his wife and three lovely kids , earning a comfortable , respectable living doing weddings , portraits , the odd news pic for the local paper . |
| 12 | He lived in a big Moscow flat down one of the side-streets in the Arbat . |
| 13 | Except he lived in a big house up on the Ridge . |
| 14 | He lived in a big , warm cave with his mother and father dinosaur . |
| 15 | He lived in a big house which had a bright red front door . |
| 16 | He lived in a converted cowshed and was exercised by his owner , who raced his three horses simply for the fun of it . |
| 17 | He felt as though he lived in a purposeless world . |
| 18 | In the summer , he lived in a little house surrounded by sunflowers higher than it was , beside a village with a pale blue pump in the centre , with geese marching around , pigeons gurgling ( they have a different accent on the Continent ) and people sitting on walls gossiping in the evening . |