Example sentences of "wife [coord] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He probably did not see his wife or children while he remained there . |
| 2 | But you 've now got a new wife or girlfriend and there 's a new child to look after and the money wo n't stretch . |
| 3 | I 've learnt I 'm a person in my own right , not just someone 's wife or mother and I have a right to be here and a right to pursue a career or studies . |
| 4 | It was argued that the sentencer has failed to give weight to the effect on the appellant 's wife and child if he were deported , and that his good behaviour while on bail indicated that he was not a threat to the country if he remained . |
| 5 | Quietly D'Arcy said : ‘ Why did you never mention that you had a wife and child when I was asking about relatives or friends who might be in danger from these Iranians ? ’ |
| 6 | He cared nothing for his wife and daughter and they must wipe him from their minds . |
| 7 | " Hamish , oh I am so pleased to see you " , he said , " I have got a very important job tonight , one of my clients is over from France with his wife and daughter and I am entertaining them . |
| 8 | Before driving off , they threatened to kill his wife and daughter if he did not wait before getting help . |
| 9 | Mr Fraser had been walking on the moors with his wife and daughter when he was taken ill at about 5.30pm on Sunday . |
| 10 | Charles and Patrick had remained in the little sitting room while John went to talk to his wife and mother before he was taken away for further debriefing . |
| 11 | At home she was becoming progressively more disorganized and dissatisfied with her role as wife and mother as she felt that all her attempts to exert control were undermined by her husband . |
| 12 | A recollection of John Davies , the minister for Europe in Heath 's cabinet , indicated the mood , ‘ We were at home in Cheshire , and I said to my wife and children that we should have a nice time , because I deeply believed then that it was the last Christmas of its kind that we would enjoy . ’ , |
| 13 | I love my wife and children but I do n't let them get in the way of company work . ’ |
| 14 | Now I am filled with remorse , loathing and longing , because I love my wife and children but I remain attracted to this girl and ca n't get her out of my mind . |
| 15 | Now I am filled with remorse , loathing and longing , because I love my wife and children but I remain attracted to this girl and ca n't get her out of my mind . |
| 16 | Roman Catholic police sergeant , Hugh McCormac , is shot dead in front of his wife and children as he leaves church at St Gabriel 's monastery near Enniskillen . |
| 17 | ‘ He did n't tell her about his wife and children until she was pregnant . |
| 18 | She has never asked me to leave my wife and children because she knows the pain of divorce . |
| 19 | My wife and family and I were very shocked by what happened and I would just like to say thank you to that man . ’ |
| 20 | He was with his wife and baby and I believe he had a cry in there when he knew he 'd won . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , she said a lot of good things about how housework and things were essential social work — you know , saying it was work , hard work , servicing other people , not that airy fairy labour of love stuff , and how it ought to be recognised , and how it was because women were seen as wives and mothers that they got low wages , no money when they were at home looking after small kids . |
| 22 | These large families — two or three brothers , their wives and children and their parents — usually live in one house . |
| 23 | They 'd spent the winter working in India or the bazaar towns on the border and were returning now to their wives and children and their homes . |