Example sentences of "live [prep] the country [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | General Lu Han had 180000 troops with him and they lived off the country in the traditional Chinese manner , looting and exporting industrial plant to China . |
2 | Nine out of ten of the 2/2 Independent Company were from the dry country districts of Western Australia , used to living in the bush , butchering their own meat , and improvising motor repairs — skills they found essential in living off the country in Timor and during their first year or so as an Independent Company stationed 250 miles ( 400km ) south of Darwin in the little town of Katherine with its corrugated buildings , its one hotel and two stores . |
3 | Brenda liked living in the country for some things , but not for others . |
4 | In this a group of friends form a syndicate to create the Hopkin myth , inventing biographical details ( ‘ a near genius living in the country with a romantic proletarian background , possibly a dipsomaniac mother and so on ’ ) for a painter who does not exist but whose paintings they churn out in a fashionable style ( ‘ with dots , crescent shapes and bright colours ’ ) and exhibit in a sensational first exhibition . |
5 | I 'd been living in the country with my wife when she died unexpectedly . |
6 | In the I880's — two Americans living in the country of their choice . |
7 | He had overcome the main drawback of living in the country at Etten , since now he could associate with other artists , exchange views , be stimulated by the work and lives of others with whom he had something in common . |
8 | Especially isolated were lesbians living in the country in Ireland . |
9 | He owed his life to his men , he said , and he had been horrified to discover the conditions in which they lived at home , particularly in the towns — he being a gentleman , you see , and always living in the country in comfort . |
10 | She lived in the country with her husband and she was a great cook . |
11 | The sureness with which I carry out all motions on this return journey , the knowledge that is part of the recognition , overwhelmingly convinces me , in the dream and on waking , that I have often , often been there , although , as you know , I never lived in the country as a child , and all the lore that I needed for my little articles on Nature was garnered later from various sources . |
12 | Erm so what I have to is an executor appointed provided he lived in the country for instance because his address was abroad at the time . |
13 | Explaining to Louise the pull of foreign lands ( December 11th , 1846 ) , Gustave writes : ‘ When we are children , we all want to live in the country of parrots and candied dates . ’ |
14 | ‘ To come out all this way , to live in the country at immense cost ! |
15 | And you could live in the country on what you 're wasting in rent for this dump ! ’ |
16 | The West Germans were prepared to pay handsomely for the right to emigrate of hundreds of thousands of German-speaking Romanian citizens whose ancestors had lived in the country for centuries . |
17 | Approximately 2 million Greeks , whose families had lived in the country for generations , were forcibly repatriated and nearly 6 million Armenians were systematically killed or driven from their homes . |