Example sentences of "[pron] wore a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wore a short wig in the recent production of Noel Coward 's Private Lives . |
| 2 | I wore a red pencil moustache , sequins , inflatable flowers , just to distract the public so I could sell memberships . |
| 3 | I wore a borrowed dress , and carried a huge , ungainly bouquet of chrysanthemums ( in wartime there were no roses in December ) . |
| 4 | My hands were cold , gloved as they were , and though I wore a jersey , jacket and jeans , I shivered for the first ten minutes . |
| 5 | With a belt , my trousers fell straight down , so now I wore a pair of red braces instead . |
| 6 | As for me , I wore a white countryman 's smock that Mum had made , had a red handkerchief tied around my neck and a floppy grey felt hat with wide brim was stuck on my head . |
| 7 | I wore a lemon |
| 8 | I wore a corset over my breasts for a manly appearance . |
| 9 | I was so proud that day because it was the first time I wore a rather special red coat with matching red hat . |
| 10 | The next day was the big event and I wore a nice new dress in blue and fawn which I bought from Shepherd 's in Barnard Castle . |
| 11 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 12 | ‘ I wore a dress by Azzedine Alaia ; Tyson and Naima were bridesmaids . |
| 13 | ‘ I wore a dress by Azzedine Alaia ; Tyson and Naima were bridesmaids . |
| 14 | Alec Reid picked me up sharp at six , and gave an approving glance at my clean shirt , spotless white trousers ( bought off the peg in Sydney ) and the fact that I wore a tie . |
| 15 | I wore a suit that Mary had seen in a second-hand shop in Paris and insisted I bought so that at least I had one outfit I could put on for interviews without worrying whether it looked OK or not . |
| 16 | I wore a set for nine days , without having the opportunity for a proper wash , and they were still comfortable and did not smell . |
| 17 | I wore a polyester-type wig like a naff perm and I looked quite hideous . ’ |
| 18 | A lot of them would be much happier if I wore a headscarf and jangled gypsy bangles . ’ |
| 19 | I wore a sweet pink dress with dark pink roses patterning it . |
| 20 | I was bridesmaid and I wore a blue and white striped dress . |
| 21 | I wore a beautiful ring , a love token made of sheer gold . |
| 22 | I wore a wonderful panama outside , but I did n't wear anything in hospital . |
| 23 | Voronov-Vaux himself wore a casque that covered his whole head , making him seem to be a human lizard with great red eyes . |
| 24 | The artist calmly took a small mechanical device and positioned it against the side of her finger which wore a glittering pair of rings in emerald and diamond . |
| 25 | She was no taller than I was and she wore a grey thing that looked like a schoolgirl 's dress . |
| 26 | For example every day when the came to see me she wore a beautiful new sari . |
| 27 | She wore a white blouse with an ostentatious frilly jabot and a big paste spray on one lapel . |
| 28 | She wore a yellow ribbon |
| 29 | Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon , |
| 30 | In the United States it dates back at least to the Civil War ; the 1949 John Ford-John Wayne movie , ‘ She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ’ , underscores the practice 's lineage . |