Example sentences of "wear a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wears a long black coat , and a hat , and a skullcap under it , would you believe ? ’ |
| 2 | She wears a long yellow sweater and light blue jeans . |
| 3 | He wears a dark three-piece suit , but from a sense of natural modesty he has his suits considerably better cut than Freddie 's . |
| 4 | The same could be said , but for different reasons , of one member of his retinue — small , big appetite , wears a black furry coat — who , rather uncomfortably , bears witness to the days of Anglo-Romanian entente . |
| 5 | The boatman wears a traditional thick navy woollen three-piece suit over a white woollen shirt . |
| 6 | Sometimes we are not convincing because what we say is belied by our actions — for instance , a woman who wears a permanent fixed smile while trying to reprimand a subordinate , or when returning faulty goods to a shop . |
| 7 | Crilly wears a smart blue shirt with the buttons done to the neck and a pair of Italian trousers stolen from a shop in Covent Garden . |
| 8 | He wears a smart grey fisherman 's jumper and blue slacks . |
| 9 | Our man wears a cheerful yellow hat . |
| 10 | She wears a short black skirt and a holster on her belt . |
| 11 | She wears a white childlike party frock , edged with lace , stiffened with gauze , decorated with flounces and bows . |
| 12 | Beneath his white linen suit he wears a turquoise woollen rollneck . |
| 13 | Reflecting on his past — Jean-Philippe Ruggia no longer has Gauloises money but he still wears a vivid blue livery for French Yamaha importers Sonauto |
| 14 | ‘ Wear a long flowing linen dress rather than a short straight one that will show creases . ’ |
| 15 | The menfolk have an aged , craggy appearance , being hunch-backed from their hard labour , and wear a long grey beard . |
| 16 | She used ter wear a blond curly wig . |
| 17 | Wear a clean white karategi and bring your groin guard/ breast shield , shin/instep protectors and mitts . |
| 18 | Sunbeams wear a yellow short-sleeved dress . |
| 19 | Brownies wear a long-sleeved khaki shirt , trousers and a yellow tie . |
| 20 | She used to wear a spotless white blouse with an enormous black bow on her chest and always wore her rehearsal pants very long . |
| 21 | This meant that on special occasions I had to wear a black pleated skirt , white blouse and black beret , with white socks and black shoes and , when the weather was cold , a black cloak . |
| 22 | I 'm going to a ball this summer and I have to wear a formal full-length dress . |
| 23 | Mr Bailey told her that she had to wear a special white coat , some special shoes and a white hat . |
| 24 | Another thing that cut me off from the other kids was going to the grammar school — and having to wear a bright green blazer every day . |
| 25 | For today 's ceremony , she is expected to wear a favourite broad-brimmed hat and an over the knee pastel coloured dress . |
| 26 | NOT the least onerous of the Hong Kong Governor 's duties is to wear a big fore-and-aft hat billowing with goose feathers . |
| 27 | He was wearing a long woolly pullover with hedgehogs all over it , nothing else . |
| 28 | She is wearing a long fitted skirt of khaki . |
| 29 | This routine went on week after week , and might never have changed , until one Saturday morning a toffee-nosed lady who I had noticed standing on the corner for the past week , wearing a long black dress and carrying a parasol , strode over to our barrow , stopped and placed a white feather in Dad 's lapel . |
| 30 | Once the choir had filed into their places there was standing room only , and even Mr Salmon , wearing a long black coat and deep-brimmed black hat , was among those who were to be found huddled at the back . |