Example sentences of "he [be] wear [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this city where everything is possible , and he cuts such a figure in his light suit and striped silk tie , and is 32 and full of self-confidence , and can walk up to a girl he has never seen before and with a disarming smile ask her when lighting-up time is — how can he be wearing a maroon crew-necked sweater , and cavalry twill trousers with turnups , and be 22 , and find himself running after a girl and being told that she may or may not see him tomorrow ? |
| 2 | He is wearing a blue tunic and around his shoulders is a fur cloak made of the skins of the hyrax . |
| 3 | He is wearing a faded navy-blue trench-coat with a collar that curls shrunkenly upwards . |
| 4 | He is wearing the familiar Puttnam cardigan look , but is smaller than I expected , like so many who are writ large in the media . |
| 5 | So then he 's doing a scene and he 's wearing a khaki shirt which has a sweaty spot on it . |
| 6 | ‘ My husband 's Captain Bligh , he 's wearing a cocked hat and the bottom half of his pyjamas … ’ |
| 7 | He 's wearing a matching blue check lumberjack shirt . |
| 8 | He 's wearing a transparent blue plastic cagoule . |
| 9 | He 's wearing a crisp white shirt that makes him look tanned . |
| 10 | He 's wearing a heavy raincoat in the photograph for some reason , though it does n't seem to be raining , with the collar turned up , and he 's got a pipe in his mouth , though there 's no sign of any smoke coming out of it . |
| 11 | He was wearing a decent black cloth lounge suit , and had no intentions of changing his mode of attire . |
| 12 | He was wearing a blue fleecy sleeping suit embroidered with ducks from which his round face seemed to have spilled over , still and pink as a porcelain , Painted doll , the delicate lashes brush-tipped on the plump cheeks . |
| 13 | He was wearing a blue shirt , a crimson scarf knotted round his neck . |
| 14 | He was wearing a blue silk dressing gown of Celia 's and carrying two glasses and a bottle . |
| 15 | When he disappeared , he was wearing a blue knee length coat . |
| 16 | He was wearing a blue and yellow shell suit top and light , almost bleached jeans . |
| 17 | Anwar had even changed his suit ; he was wearing a late 1950S job , as opposed to the usual early 1950s number . |
| 18 | The man hit him , left hand , backhanded ; he was wearing a weighted glove . |
| 19 | When he came down he was wearing a professional air and said the symptoms were those of food poisoning . |
| 20 | He was wearing a ginger sports jacket , and he thrust a couple of ballpoints into the breast pocket . |
| 21 | He was wearing a silvery Italian suit over a T-shirt which read HONK IF YOU LIKE HUNKS . |
| 22 | He was wearing a distinctive pink crash helmet . |
| 23 | He was wearing a disreputable pair of jeans that looked as though they 'd never seen an iron , and a grey shirt , the sleeves rolled back as if it were summer . |
| 24 | He was wearing a well-tailored dark grey suit and a Vikings tie . |
| 25 | He was wearing a black bomber jacket , red T-shirt and faded jeans . |
| 26 | he was wearing a black leather jacket and a white silk scarf . |
| 27 | He was wearing a black top , jeans and white trainers . |
| 28 | He was wearing a black , zip-up leather bomber jacket . |
| 29 | He was wearing a black zip-up leather bomber jacket . |
| 30 | He was wearing a black zip-up leather bomber jacket . |