Example sentences of "his wife [vb past] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | looked after me in Hyderabad , where he and his wife made me feel at home with their warm , relaxing hospitality . |
| 2 | Since his wife died it 's been Cissie who 's looked after everything . ’ |
| 3 | One grandfather had earlier abandoned his own responsibilities : ‘ when his wife died he went off and left his family ’ , with his eldest daughter shouldering the task of an unsupported mother of the younger children . |
| 4 | When his wife died he began to look around for another ; someone who would give him the children he needed . |
| 5 | It was n't the sort of long-term depression that had settled on him when his wife persuaded him to take her on holiday to Marbella . |
| 6 | Nathaniel Sherman stumbled slightly at the entrance of his hut , and his wife heard him cursing and fumbling for a long time with the flap fastenings . |
| 7 | I had often discussed my plans with my uncle who , as Warden , now lived in the Warden 's Lodge at All Souls , where he and his wife encouraged me to visit them and always made me welcome . |
| 8 | When he became known as the composer of marches and was about to take up his first bandmaster post , his wife suggested he use the letters on his case , S.O.U.S.A. as a professional name , and he took the names of his sons as his Christian names . |
| 9 | Officers found him face down in the undergrowth minutes after his wife reported him missing on Wednesday night . |
| 10 | And then he he him and his wife fled you know , that would be er er the you know the rising the communist rising you know . |
| 11 | Herbert and his wife invited me to live with them , and we all stayed out in India for many years . |