Example sentences of "live [prep] the [noun] country " in BNC.
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| 1 | JB : My background , living in the north country with rugged landscapes , had a great influence on my way of thinking and working . |
| 2 | Such tiny personal estates owned by eminent persons underline the initial impression of a thoroughly spartan standard of living in the North Country . |
| 3 | FROM Bristol to Bournemouth there are more than 600 miles of coastline ; it is hard to imagine living in the West Country without taking advantage of this natural bounty . |
| 4 | This system is based on the home salary and aims to ensure that the expatriate 's standard of living in the home country is maintained while he is working abroad . |
| 5 | Sheila stayed in one until her daughter was born and adopted ; Denise left London to live in the West Country on her own , and organised a place in one for herself and her eight-week-old baby ; and Lisa went into one when she was about six months pregnant . |
| 6 | The kettle began to boil , and she completed the ritual of tea-making , finally standing the pot on a porcelain plate with Windsor Castle painted on it , mounted on sterling-silver trivets , and crowning it with a tea cosy knitted by Matey back in the days when she had lived in the Cochranes country house , now almost derelict since Stair 's expensive debauchery had impoverished the estate . |