Example sentences of "[prep] be wearing a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain , the alleged home of ‘ not one of us ’ , seemed to be wearing a halo to Jane at that moment . |
| 2 | It was remarkably clean and well-maintained , and all the lights worked but Clive felt as if he ought to be wearing a pith helmet , and carrying a hunting rifle that could bring down a charging rhino at fifty paces . |
| 3 | You really ought to be wearing a ring , Lucinda . |
| 4 | If you can imagine being on a steep , snow-covered slope , below which there is a 1000 m ( 3,500 ft ) sheer drop , would you prefer to be wearing a shiny nylon cagoule or a rough old woollen jumper ? |
| 5 | She did n't seem to be wearing a brassiere under her purple blouse . |
| 6 | When Bobby Moore — still trim , still neat , the Mod That Time Forgot — stepped forward to unveil the portrait , Bobby Charlton was shown to be wearing a halo — a luminous skidmark , or slather in the paint , lighting the night sky above his head . |
| 7 | ‘ I wo n't tell anyone , ’ said Gabriel , ‘ but you ought to be wearing a cloak on a night like this . ’ |
| 8 | This male shape or essence seemed to be wearing a white coat ( a medic 's stark white smock ) . |
| 9 | The one with the magazine , who appeared to be wearing a bathrobe over nothing , looked at her tray and said pleasantly , ‘ Who 's all that for ? ’ |
| 10 | He seemed to be wearing a dark-coloured suit . |
| 11 | From what I could see of him — mostly his spectacles and his left arm around the door jamb — he appeared to be wearing a red silk kimono . |
| 12 | Or he occasionally buys a er a shirt with a a fine stripe in it , but he says the continentals expect you to be wearing a white shirt . |