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 | They were , first , practical measures such as speed humps to make drivers aware of their speed and thus slow their vehicles ; second , a designed environment that conveys to the driver the fact that the area is one whose function is principally for living not travelling , with a consequent imparted feeling that awareness of soft traffic is imperative ; third , a legal change in priority , so that all occupants of the street space are equal ; and fourth , lest drivers are encouraged to view the new street layout as a challenge to driving skill rather than an encouragement of self-restraint and caution , a new regulation on car speeds . |
| 5 | Louis Farrakhan , a radical American activist , attacked African leaders for living well while their people starved . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nothing so unfits a woman for producing good work , or for living usefully . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Terrence Duncan was given a three-month suspended jail sentence for living off immoral earnings . |
| 10 | If , as Le Corbusier suggested , a house is a machine for living in , cluster housing is a machine for not being murdered in . |
| 11 | Never was the enormous authority of this machine for living in ever so well expressed as in this scene of picturesque desolation . |
| 12 | The joyless cynicism , vicious cruelty , and ugly surroundings of his new life were his punishment for living so long in foolish illusion . |
| 13 | I felt that it was no time for living dangerously . |
| 14 | Even then , Valerie opted for living together first — but a year later I received an invitation to their wedding . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It was n't worth living here . |
| 18 | And for , our children when they grow up cos I had three children nearly every one that had come into the town had little ones so you see we were trying to build a town for our children to benefit which I do n't know whether you think that it 's a town worth living in but I think that we have done very well and it 's a town that is caring for such as the elderly they really do care ! |
| 19 | Not anything that 's worth living in . |
| 20 | These services of course have to be paid for and we do aim to keep the level of taxation as low as possible but of course we ca n't aim to bring it down as far as conservatives would want because we need , we in the city need , to spend money on things like the education fund without which it becomes a city less worth living in . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ The point is , I 'm wondering about living here myself . ’ |
| 23 | There are things I specially like about living here , never you mind what they are , they 're just things I like . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | What did you find best about living there . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | How would you feel about living out your life in an old folks home ? . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Winnie 's natural nervousness about living alone continued , until one happy day when Jenny , her friend and daily help , arrived looking excited . |
| 30 | 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 . |