Example sentences of "living [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Living only for a couple of microseconds on average , the muon can not go from atom to atom catalysing fusion and liberating energy indefinitely ; the dream of the ages is n't so easily fulfilled . |
| 2 | If a woman and a man are living together as a couple , the woman can be charged her partner 's Poll Tax if he does not pay , and the man can be charged the woman 's Poll Tax if she does not pay . |
| 3 | If you are married or living together as a couple , you should only make one joint claim ( any other members of your household should make a separate claim ) . |
| 4 | Pete and Ellie , members of the commune now living together as a couple . |
| 5 | But yesterday Teesside Crown Court was told that the pair were now living together as a family with their daughter . |
| 6 | Pamela and he had been living together for a while and , until recently , Jimmy had been close to a happiness previously denied him ; both as lover and as surrogate father . |
| 7 | Larry and Tina have been living together for a year . |
| 8 | There is even a physical basis to the collectivity of women : it has been shown that women living together over a length of time frequently fall into a synchronicity of menstrual cycles . |
| 9 | Everywhere there were reminders of Buddhism : on almost every hill there would be a small pagoda , its graceful , tapering spire coloured white or occasionally gilded with gold leaf ; in every village there would be a monastery , usually with several monks , though sometimes with a single bhikkhu living more as a hermit . |
| 10 | Living up to a burden of expectation is never easy . |
| 11 | I confess I should hardly venture to hope that more than two millions of skilled workers , representing a population of five millions , are living habitually in a state of ease and comparative security of the modest sort … |
| 12 | Living out of a suitcase away from home and family has become one of the main causes of stress among businessmen , concluded a survey by the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 13 | Yet , as he has been living out of a suitcase now for 20 years , he can be forgiven for feeling battle weary . |
| 14 | ‘ We were living out of a hat dramatising dirty jokes . |
| 15 | One with all the attributes of a jet-setter , considering the sort of life he must have led before the accident that had put him out of motor racing , yet he seemed to be living here like a monk . |
| 16 | Incitement to murder , by people living nominally under a country 's law , should automatically lead to arrest . |
| 17 | She certainly did n't like to say that he was living there with a girl . |
| 18 | We were living quite near a saddler 's shop in Debenham , and I was always interested in it . |