Example sentences of "to [be] wearing a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He seemed to be wearing a dark-coloured suit .
2 This male shape or essence seemed to be wearing a white coat ( a medic 's stark white smock ) .
3 Or he occasionally buys a er a shirt with a a fine stripe in it , but he says the continentals expect you to be wearing a white shirt .
4 If you can imagine being on a steep , snow-covered slope , below which there is a 1000 m ( 3,500 ft ) sheer drop , would you prefer to be wearing a shiny nylon cagoule or a rough old woollen jumper ?
5 From what I could see of him — mostly his spectacles and his left arm around the door jamb — he appeared to be wearing a red silk kimono .
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