Example sentences of "and [pron] wife [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 Party piece : Valery Giscard d'Estaing and his wife join supporters at UDF headquarters at Clermont-Ferrand
2 He says in his affirmation , with the support of letters from his doctor , that he and his wife suffer from heart conditions and other ailments which make it undesirable for them to occupy accommodation above the level of the ground floor .
3 He and his wife remember with pleasure one young man who spent a particularly fine Sunday afternoon reclining in a deckchair with a straw hat over his eyes .
4 Steve and his wife use it to keep the weight off and ensure their 3 young daughters get the balanced diet the experts say they need .
5 He and his wife know the sex already .
6 Fortunately , a brother and his wife take responsibility at nights , when the mother will often ring for reassurance about her husband .
7 He had not got out immediately , but sat and watched the broad Welshman and his wife pick their way carefully over the already frosted surface towards the club-house .
8 Further down the hall , Santerre shouted for the windows to be opened , canvas sheets to be brought , and issued curt requests that Rachel and his wife go back to their rooms .
9 Theodore Bixman and his wife ask Anna to come to the hotel .
10 All the same , Dustin does some things that seem strange to the natives , like making the Woodstock peace sign to the yobbish workmen , who return it mockingly , and also by playing loud bagpipe music on the record-player when the vicar and his wife pay a call .
11 Darras and his wife live in English , as he calls it , one of his sons in German and when they go down the street , they live in French .
12 Our younger son and his wife live near us , and we see them and their two children regularly .
13 Toubon and his wife live in a former atelier used by Fernand Leger in the 6th arrondissement in Montparnasse and are friendly with a number of leading Paris contemporary art dealers .
14 Mr A is 75 and he and his wife live in an upstairs flat .
15 He and his wife live in one of Salisbury 's spacious homes .
16 David and his wife live in Howwood .
17 My Lord by way of facts the first named plaintiff Mr is now er fifty eight years of age and he and his wife live in Brentwood er both are named as plaintiffs because their joint monies were expended in the purchase of the , this business and they were both parties to the purchase erm but it is clear that Mr in fact did all the negotiations for the purchase and the planning and the running of this business and he is er the prime witness on behalf of the plaintiff .
18 Now her son and his wife have split up and , because her son is unemployed , he is offering limited financial support to his family .
19 THE Princess of Wales 's brother and his wife have accused tabloid newspapers of harassing them and making up stories in the run-up to their wedding in September this year .
20 Mr Rodriguez and his wife have even tried skiing .
21 He and his wife have just arrived here . ’
22 ‘ Your brother Jon and his wife have agreed to stay with her while she 's there . ’
23 The two have an argument and vow never to speak to each other again , whereupon Serena leaves for a holiday with Rupert on a volcanic island in the Aegean to which Rusty and his wife have recently been transferred .
24 ‘ Barrymore and his wife have a very fine home and nothing to do while the family is not living in the Hall , ’ said Sir Henry .
25 He and his wife have a place here in Ghent , and he 's asked us both over .
26 A keen caravanner for many years , Roy and his wife have travelled extensively throughout the British Isles and France .
27 He and his wife have two puppies , but he was thankfully alone and ready to rise to the occasion .
28 Saunti and his wife have both died .
29 The Baron and his wife have no children of their own , ’ she added .
30 ‘ But — how could an English doctor and his wife have been exposed to nerve gas ? ’
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