Example sentences of "and [pron] wife [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a matter of horror to me and my wife that such a young lad could carry that knife . |
| 2 | ‘ And my wife and baby , ’ he added . |
| 3 | And my wife and I endured weeks of farewell parties with relatives and friends . |
| 4 | And my wife and babies , too . |
| 5 | And I had better chances of getting a proper house for myself and my family which was then two daughters and my wife and I . |
| 6 | For reasons which I could never grasp , some restaurants seemed in a position to provide much greater variety than others , and my wife and I found one such place in the Hanover Square area , where I worked . |
| 7 | Only my daughter , and my wife when she was alive . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd rather be a rat and his wife than be April or a doctor . ’ |
| 9 | They had to tell the dairyman and his wife that they were planning to marry . |
| 10 | Glen and his wife provided lodgings in their house for Thomas Carlyle [ q.v. ] , then mathematics master at his old school , Annan Academy . |
| 11 | Nowhere are they more telling than in Ashton 's Enigma Variations where they explain the sympathy felt by Jaeger ( the critic ) for Elgar and his Wife or in A Month in the Country where Ashton communicates the growing feelings of love and frustration of the participants . |
| 12 | If the property is in the husband 's sole name and is being conveyed to trustees ( whether or not the trustees are to be himself and his wife or outside parties ) upon the terms of the court order or the terms of the agreement reached between husband and wife , there seems no good reason , as mentioned in Chapter 3 , why the husband should not convey " as beneficial owner " . |
| 13 | For all its yukky presentation of the leader and his wife as Mr and Mrs Extremely Normal and Nice , it was also getting at how politics is a process , how someone becomes political through a network of direct social relationships and lived experience . |
| 14 | From her they had learned that Jerome Fanshawe had a bungalow at Eastover between Eastbourne and Seaford and that he and his wife and daughter had driven down there for a week 's holiday on May 17th . |
| 15 | ASENIOR police officer and his wife and two children escaped injury yesterday after a bomb containing up to 10lb of high explosive exploded at the back of their bungalow in Drumbo , south of Belfast . |
| 16 | The Tysons should receive about £13,000 from the government , which will now be invested in a building society for him and his wife and their grandchildren . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I told them that , ’ Francis Morgan said irritably and his wife and daughter caught each other 's eye in silent agreement that he had n't told them that Angela was refusing point-black to be married from home and was insisting on the full London set-out , reception at the House of Commons , replying unanswerably when he had objected on grounds of expense that she could well afford to pay for it herself . |
| 18 | She went with the Reverend Baron and his wife and daughter and was consoled to be among such a party of cheerful worshippers . |
| 19 | One particularly memorable weekend in July , Shanti 's first mother and her husband and two sons all came to stay , and we had a happy time with all our family here , except for our son in San Francisco and his wife and family . |
| 20 | A testator instituted heirs his mother and his wife and provided : ‘ I ask you , dearest wife , to leave nothing after your death to your brothers . |
| 21 | I came with my son and his wife and we were all given a cup of tea . |
| 22 | John Smith goes home to Edinburgh and his wife and three beautiful daughters . |
| 23 | The Pole , Floryan Wyspianski , and his wife and young daughter had exit visas from Hungary . |
| 24 | She 's had a hectic Christmas — one long round of shopping , cleaning and cooking for the entire family , including Malc 's brother and his wife and his mother , who has become confused and forgetful since Dad 's death and Lynda has taken care of her with selfless dedication . |
| 25 | Diana will go to her family home of Althorp , Northants , today to be with her brother Charles and his wife and children . |
| 26 | A Titford family photograph taken in the early 1890s shows husband and wife with five daughters and young Marwood , the girls in neat smocks or severe black dresses , the son in an Eton collar , and every one of the group looking his or her most miserable Sunday best Those photographers who made a speciality of enticing young ladies to say ‘ prunes ’ and ‘ prisms ’ to bring out their charming dimples , called ‘ watch the birdie ! ’ with much gusto or tried ‘ cheese ! ’ in the hope of a smile would have had a rough time indeed with severe-looking Benjamin James and his wife and children . |
| 27 | It was granted and his wife and four children came down in pyjamas and dressing-gowns . |
| 28 | The parson and his wife and children used to go there for their holidays . |
| 29 | Later on , when Lewis and his wife and the baby went to stay at Wyvis Hall , Hilbert 's only comment on his great-nephew 's name was : |
| 30 | After all , Adam would be back at college in a week 's time , the will would have to be proved , but by the middle of the summer why should n't he and his wife and Bridget use the Hall regularly at weekends ? |