Example sentences of "[was/were] wear the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diocletian ( reigned 284–305 ) was one of five sons of Illyrian peasants who were to wear the imperial purple . |
| 2 | You might have to show the inspector the stamp to show that you were wearing the correct trousers — every now and then , you had to bring all your uniform in and all your uniform was an awful lot of uniform . |
| 3 | They were the only people with the nerve to wear it , but in the early sixties the climate of opinion was changing , the Mods were wearing the more effeminate and colourful clothes of Carnaby Street . |
| 4 | Yes ; and that 's what it was ; a badge of manhood ; because you sensed that before you went into the mine , because you were wearing the moleskin trousers . |
| 5 | I turned to face two men , apparently soldiers , for both were wearing the camouflage combat jackets of the army 's working dress , and black berets . |
| 6 | Suddenly they were wearing the colours of the rainbow . |
| 7 | Then I saw that the policeman coming out of the darkness was wearing the blue of a Gardai , rather than the green of an RUC man . |
| 8 | He was wearing the leather shoes that had been only for best until they grew too small for his feet and now had to be worn for school . |
| 9 | I was wearing the shoes , as ill-fitting as ill-gotten , and the pain in my feet as I pounded the pavements was excruciating . |
| 10 | She was wearing the dumb preppie blouse her mother liked her to put on for school and , of course , the Iron Maiden . |
| 11 | Penny was Sixer of the Kelpies , and when her granny had given her a beautiful budgie for a birthday present she decided to name it Kelpie after her Six , especially as the bird had a little silver patch on his throat — just as if he was wearing the Promise Badge , Penny pointed out gleefully . |
| 12 | He was wearing the new jersey that Tom had collected from Mrs Fletcher . |
| 13 | No longer weeping , she was in déshabillé and , Anne noticed , was wearing the prince 's ring on the third finger of her left hand . |
| 14 | The trick was wearing the knife in the scabbard upside-down on the belt . |
| 15 | I spent about seven weeks there and I felt great inside but it was like I was wearing the wrong slip cover . |
| 16 | He was wearing the suit belonging to that old man who had died . |
| 17 | She was wearing the navy blue skirt and one of the white blouses , with a frilled front . |
| 18 | The lower half of the Harvesters ' Vase priest is broken off , so we have no way of knowing how his lower half was clothed , but the seal impression shows that underneath the pleated skirt the man was wearing the sacral hide garment . |
| 19 | She was wearing the huge red skirt she had made out of some curtains someone had sent to the jumble , and a black polo-necked jersey , and she had tied her hair up with the Indian scarf Luke had given her for Christmas . |
| 20 | Stuart was wearing the trousers of his work suit , but he 'd changed his shirt , and he had an apron over the top . |
| 21 | Miss Pamela Lyall , who sat beside him and talked carelessly , represented the modern school of thought in that she was wearing the barest minimum of clothing on her sun-browned person . |
| 22 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 23 | The German was wearing the coat properly now as would be expected on a night as cold as this . |
| 24 | He noticed that although T'zin was wearing the fancy gold coat of the Altun he had no tunic on beneath it , and his bare chest was visible through the unfastened facings . |
| 25 | His lordship was clearly enchanted by the whole business , Charlie was wearing the superior smile which always accompanied his demonstrations of lingual dexterity , and as for myself I was experiencing a mounting euphoria . |
| 26 | He was wearing the tunic in which he had been shot down . |
| 27 | He was wearing the démodé pinstriped suit he 'd got from a junk-shop for a production of Arturo Ui ( ‘ grossly overplayed' — Glasgow Herald ) and the tie he 'd worn as Harry in Marching Song ( ‘ adequate if uninspiring' — Oxford Mail . |
| 28 | Her mother was wearing the pink jersey thing that stuck to her all over . |
| 29 | He was wearing the unobtrusive shabby clothes with soft shoes that would allow him to plod round the streets without being noticed . |
| 30 | Gwendolen was dad in dark grey and was wearing the hat she had just purchased from the Iduns Brothers Bazaar . |