Example sentences of "[prep] living [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For when Erik and her husband , Trevor , from Oxford , eventually decided to tie the knot after living together for eight years , the prospect of a conventional white wedding did n't even enter their heads . |
| 2 | It was simply that he could judge such things after living so closely with her for however many years . |
| 3 | ‘ And I envy you for living here in these surroundings . ’ |
| 4 | Louis Farrakhan , a radical American activist , attacked African leaders for living well while their people starved . |
| 5 | Noah lived before Moses and so did n't have the Ten commandments as a basis for living righteously ; but he listened to God , and obeyed Him . |
| 6 | Nothing so unfits a woman for producing good work , or for living usefully . |
| 7 | just , he lives in somebody 's basement of a house , and like , in return for living there he fills the guy 's freezer up with lobster , crab , you know |
| 8 | The joyless cynicism , vicious cruelty , and ugly surroundings of his new life were his punishment for living so long in foolish illusion . |
| 9 | I felt that it was no time for living dangerously . |
| 10 | Even then , Valerie opted for living together first — but a year later I received an invitation to their wedding . |
| 11 | Your aim should be to see that she does not suffer long periods of loneliness and that she feels so well cared for that she can manage to endure her period of sorrow without too many crutches , until life becomes worth living again . |
| 12 | Not long ago she had begun to talk of life not being worth living again and she had demanded that Harry should tell her , once and for all , why it was worth living . |
| 13 | It was n't worth living here . |
| 14 | In Bonn it is hoped that there can be orderly change across the border , soon enough to convince more East Germans that life is worth living there . |
| 15 | ‘ The point is , I 'm wondering about living here myself . ’ |
| 16 | There are things I specially like about living here , never you mind what they are , they 're just things I like . |
| 17 | You 've told me abou quite a lot about er yes quite a lot of the bad points , are there are there any , is there anything at all , any good points at all , about living here ? |
| 18 | What did you find best about living there . |
| 19 | Would you sa you know on the basis of erm your contact with , with tenants erm in terms of living in flats , are , are there any good points that people have made about living there t I mean |
| 20 | Before taking any decisions about living together , everyone should agree on the basic structure and routine of how it can work , from sharing the bathroom and kitchen to how to manage finances . |
| 21 | Winnie 's natural nervousness about living alone continued , until one happy day when Jenny , her friend and daily help , arrived looking excited . |
| 22 | What he 's talking about and this is the same erm same councillor who was talking about living harmoniously side by side those that have are are buying them , those that are renting them but what he 's actually saying is well I 'm actually very , very sorry but if you have n't a job , if you have n't an income or you 're income is so low , just go over there and stay away from us decent chaps with lots of cash . |
| 23 | These good relationships are often the result of contingent factors such as living geographically close , sharing a particular common interest or ( in the case of cousins especially ) having spent a lot of time together in childhood ( Firth , Hubert and Forge , 1970 , ch. 12 ) . |
| 24 | I 've erm contacted them through living there and working with them as well . |
| 25 | But with regular visiting , or through living together , grandparents could become important and sometimes crucial figures in childhood . |
| 26 | ‘ He is also a little eccentric , sometimes very odd , probably through living so much alone … |
| 27 | Lord Justice went on , quote , I agree with this indeed when making the calculations the judge had to make , those who die early are the only ones which matter because the fact of living longer than the expectation is immaterial . |
| 28 | The researchers claim older women like Jean Gilliland may now have an improved chance of living longer and without the need for surgery or the side effects . |
| 29 | It 's also the love of living outside . |
| 30 | And why I sit here , husbandless , dependent upon social security supplemented by such pitiful amounts of money as I can wring out of the national press , and Bernard genuflects once more , fled back to his baptismal church , terrified by the very notion of living outside it . |