Example sentences of "wife and i [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My wife and I are just good friends . |
| 2 | ‘ My wife and I are not badly off as we have the state pension , my police pension , and a police civil staff pension . |
| 3 | ‘ My wife and I are immensely grateful to the president for his warm words of welcome , ’ he said , and later referred to the princess 's role as president of the Royal Academy of Music . |
| 4 | ‘ My wife and I are both from Yorkshire and I have spent my whole career up in the north . ’ |
| 5 | He said , ‘ You know , if my wife and I are out , we make sure we 're back by 10.30 in the evening … . ’ and I said , ‘ Oh , that 's lovely , thank you . ’ |
| 6 | I must n't keep you away from her , but will you tell her that my wife and I are very concerned ? |
| 7 | My wife and I are very conscious of the very high honour that you have bestowed upon us and I must also thank my Party for proposing , and you all for electing , me to the office of Lord Mayor for the Metropolitan City of . |
| 8 | ‘ My wife and I are very proud to wear the chains . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ In fact , both my wife and I are quite overcome by all your kindness . ’ |
| 10 | My wife and I were very happy ; we had a house outside the town , though I had to spend a great deal of time in Berlin . |
| 11 | His father Kang , a mechanical engineer , said : ‘ My wife and I were very worried about our son 's education because in China , he would be unable to attend school if he was n't able to walk . |
| 12 | My wife and I were actually in Hawaii at the time ( combining business and pleasure ) secure , or so I thought , in the knowledge that everything was running smoothly . |
| 13 | b my wife and I was only discussing it er day before yesterday I think it was , we were talking about it because we were talking about this sort of thing . |