Example sentences of "be live on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failing this , a fit elderly neighbour may be willing to come , either voluntarily or for a small payment , which would be useful to them if they are living on a small pension . |
| 2 | Realistic — i.e. not ‘ spend all my holidays in Hawaii ’ when you 're living on a low income . |
| 3 | Whilst you 're a student you will be living on a limited income so it 's important to make your money work for you all the time . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm living on a huge overdraft , ’ he said . |
| 5 | There were no prizes for guessing , after tonight , that the Desmond Seymour-Stracheys were living on a financial knife-edge , and would be interested in any sudden accession of wealth , by any means , from any source . |
| 6 | When Bell and his colleagues analysed the contents of the stomachs of four of the five ( they did not study buffalo ) , they found that each species was living on a different part of the vegetation . |