Example sentences of "[verb] been a widower [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1672 , having been a widower for two years , he married a daughter of the imprisoned republican general , John Lambert , which hardly argues any diminution in his commitment to the ‘ Good Old Cause ’ . |
| 2 | He had been a widower for many years , she knew . |
| 3 | ‘ The King had been a widower for ten years , ’ he continued . |
| 4 | He had been a widower for twenty-six years , and had no children . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been a widower for ten years . ’ |