Example sentences of "[coord] wore a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had never liked Doctor Sparrow , who was too young and wore a constant air of disbelief . |
| 2 | The third man was 20 to 22 , 6ft , had an F tattooed on a forearm and wore a Mexican-type moustache . |
| 3 | The coffin had to have an extra lining and the lid was screwed down earlier than it might have been , so that nobody could look on them dead , except the undertaker who came to the house and wore a mask and Liam who insisted on being with them all the time . |
| 4 | The small one , who was fat and bald and wore a green baize apron , looked positively livid with fury as he came into the room . |
| 5 | He was taller than she expected and wore a wall-cut dinner jacket that contrasted with the eccentric fancy-dress of some of the other diners . |
| 6 | Coatlique was thought to feed upon corpses buried within the soil , and wore a necklace of the skulls . |
| 7 | The girl has told officers her attacker was taller than her and wore a ski mask . |
| 8 | The attacker was aged between 15 and 20 , and wore a light-coloured jacket and blue jeans . |
| 9 | She had wisps of grey hair poking out from under a black lace bonnet and wore a long black lace dress down to her feet . |
| 10 | In the early evening of the next day he dressed himself in his best suit and wore a clean shirt and a razor tight collar ; he looked at himself in the mirror , yes , he looked good , almost handsome , one must die with dignity . |
| 11 | He was in his late twenties with pale skin , prematurely thinning hair and wore a pair of steel-rimmed spectacles which made him look studious . |
| 12 | He had brown , or black , short , wavy hair , and wore a green jacket with a hexagonal pattern , a white T-shirt and dark-coloured trousers . |
| 13 | He was white , tall , and wore a scraggy beard . |
| 14 | Faust Stossen , their new Squad Sergeant , had once been lasered through the throat and wore a damascened silver voice box in place of his Adam 's Apple . |
| 15 | He was carefully not displaying his cigarette holder and wore a floppy khaki drill jacket and baggy trousers of the same material . |
| 16 | No shots were fired by the robber who was white , 6ft tall and wore a blue duffle coat with the hood up and a balaclava , gloves , light-blue trousers and white trainers . |
| 17 | She too was loaded with heavy equipment and wore a white mask . |
| 18 | He had a patch over one eye and wore a row of medals sewn lopsidedly to the lapels of his ragged jacket . |
| 19 | She was young and wore a dress that flared out around her calves . |
| 20 | The other was young and wore a cloak . |
| 21 | It was here that Arthur fought and killed the giant Ritho , a fierce character who lived on the slopes of the mountain and wore a cloak made from the beards of chiefs he had slain . |
| 22 | By the time she was 10 , she weighed 11 stone and wore a special tunic at school because she could n't get a uniform big enough to fit her . |
| 23 | The shadow was cloaked , like the one who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men , and wore a tall hat . |
| 24 | He had a face like a leather potato , all bumps and creases , and wore a thick cloth jacket over-shirt buttoned to the neck , all grey and brown and far too hot for the day . |
| 25 | At his side was Lady Isabella who for that day had cast aside her mourning weeds and wore a pure gold dress with matching veil . |
| 26 | I saw a lot of old friends , and wore a dashing outfit purchased at perhaps an extravagance in a London second hand shop — but from the compliments , I feel now it was worth it and that , feeling good in it , I will wear it quite a lot . |
| 27 | Prune was pregnant again and wore a murky green long woollen smock . |
| 28 | She had abandoned the huge earrings for dainty gold studs and wore a fine gold chain round her neck . |
| 29 | Ralph Grunte was very large , bald , and wore a 1914-type subaltern 's moustache . |
| 30 | He had a heavy moustache and wore a brown gaberdine suit that did n't fit too well . |