Example sentences of "[noun sg] wore a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The priest wore a cowl over his head . |
| 2 | The President of their chapter wore a Miss Liberty spiked hat , and carried a killing torch . |
| 3 | The master who performed the pairing-up ceremony wore a parody of clerical vestments and pronounced the couple ‘ properly paired-up ’ . |
| 4 | The man in the rear of the car wore a roll-brim hat and smoked a cigar . |
| 5 | After 1926 this territorial battalion wore a blackened badge of the regular pattern . |
| 6 | The cat wore a jewelled collar . |
| 7 | And on many of the occasions I had the distinct impression that the girls had dressed up too : one girl wore a big hat , another a beautiful sari in purple and black , another wore DM boots and a big overcoat ; many wore make-up , jewellery and perfume . |
| 8 | The girl wore a low-cut red dress — not unlike mine at home , she mused — very high heels , and lots of glittering accessories . |
| 9 | The child wore a soft yellow woollen cotte and a brocaded surcoat stiff with gilt thread , and smoothed at her finery with her free hand as she approached , aware of the need to look her best before this unknown lady . |
| 10 | So , for example , when the head teacher of a school refused to allow a Sikh boy to school because the boy wore a turban in contravention of the school rules on uniformity of dress , this was unjustifiable race discrimination . |
| 11 | Granny wore a swansdown cloak , incredibly soft , as her grandchildren ( she had twenty ) knew . |
| 12 | For work the horseman of this period wore a sleeved waistcoat with a velvet front and cantoon back and sleeves . |
| 13 | The leader wore a golden helmet . |
| 14 | The swan-white robes were not the possessions of single families but of the community , and every mother whose infant wore a robe made and sewed a tiny bow to the back of the garment , so that it might be recorded how many infants had been christened in it . |
| 15 | I never seen her with a hat on in my life before , but Grandma wore a a bonnet , when she came into town . |
| 16 | The actor wore a sky-blue , neatly fitting waterproof suit . |
| 17 | The stage Englishman wore a pink silk shirt and a lime polka-dot bow-tie . |
| 18 | One pole wore a similar notice which read ‘ I 'm Sick of Sixties Disco Posters . ’ |
| 19 | The man from the newspaper wore a black trilby hat and a long black overcoat . |
| 20 | The women in the portraits on the wall wore a sleek assortment of cashmere and pearls or simple expensive-looking dresses . |
| 21 | His wife wore a similar coat and a veil covered her face to protect against the dust of the road . |
| 22 | The erstwhile bandido wore a bloody nose which he was dabbing at with an oversized tartan handkerchief . |
| 23 | The centre back wore a head bandage over six stitches in a cut after the break and said : ‘ Shearer is a handful , no doubt of that . |
| 24 | The King wore a great collar of gold , was robed in a linen garment embroidered with gold thread and decorated with pearls , and was armed with two gilded spears and a gilded shield . |
| 25 | It was an all-male affair and each delegate wore a lettered , white disc pinned to his lapel which Wycliffe could not read . |
| 26 | The stall-holder wore a long-suffering expression . |
| 27 | No matter how corny the characters in the picture postcard parish of Rathcullen , I recognised the fields , I knew the smell of Guinness from drunk men 's breath , and my father wore a cap just like Darby O'Gill 's . |
| 28 | His father wore a cloak of hyrax skins which he received along with other tools of the trade — pebbles , containers and more important , the ability to use numbers to foretell the future . |
| 29 | Maxim 's mother was a cheerful , bustling little woman ; his father wore a moustache , smoked a pipe and said very little but , Agnes guessed , listened a lot . |
| 30 | The eyes were bright blue and heavily mascaraed in navy and the woman wore a pink ribbon in loosely permed hair that was coloured almost to a shade of orange . |