Example sentences of "for his wife ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finnegan has made arrangements for his wife 's income to cover those outstanding debts . |
| 2 | ‘ Blaming me for his wife 's death and refusing to speak to me for seventeen years is hardly ‘ quarrelling ’ , ’ she retorted . |
| 3 | We also believe that Duncan should bear some of the responsibility for his wife 's death by being stripped of his army officer job . |
| 4 | He told the brokers he wanted cover for his wife 's death and nothing more . |
| 5 | He might have stayed there ( he was in Galesburg , Knox County , Illinois ) but for his wife 's health . |
| 6 | Daniel , though his ferocious passion for his wife 's body included its swollen state , was not a man who could be brought to a close interest in this unseen life . |
| 7 | Lovat listened to Topaz , torn between anger directed against Horatia Manners , and admiration for his wife 's loveliness which was always at its best when she was in a rage . |
| 8 | He had apologised for his wife 's absence . |
| 9 | David Southworth who owned the hall and who was the nephew of Tace 's widow , had done up the lodge as a home for his wife 's mother but since her death it had stood empty . |
| 10 | Frere 's thanksgiving for his wife 's recovery was heartfelt , for that loss would have been irreparable ; and his rejoicing at her return was genuine enough ; but how short-lived . |