Example sentences of "[pron] wife when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said , ‘ What I 've done , I 've left everything in the top drawer so that it 's all easier for my wife when I die . |
| 2 | I met my wife when I was seventeen and she was fifteen . |
| 3 | ‘ I was walking down Piccadilly in 1973 with the woman who was later to become my wife when she grabbed me by the arm and steered me into St James 's church to see the carvings ’ . |
| 4 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 5 | Only my daughter , and my wife when she was alive . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd been living in the country with my wife when she died unexpectedly . |
| 7 | But I I er remember Margaret , my wife when she had the er the last one which is a a gap of about ten years between the third you know , and the fourth child |
| 8 | She remembered their birthdays , sent notes of apology to their wives when they had to accompany her on an overseas tours and ensured that they were ‘ fed and watered ’ when she went out with them from Kensington Palace . |
| 9 | A man serving in the R.A.F. wrote to say that he was deeply indebted to the doctors and nurses who had looked after his wife when she had been admitted with a complicated confinement , which had needed an operation . |
| 10 | In Small World the middle-aged English academic Philip Swallow has a wife called Hilary and has a passionate affair with a younger woman called Joy , who reminds him of his wife when she was younger and prettier — when he first meets her , Joy is even wearing a dressing gown like one Hilary used to wear . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , I was saying about the Glyrms : Maurice lost his wife when she was no more'n a girl ; Matthew 's missus walked out an' left him with three children . |
| 12 | As a bachelor it seemed slightly shocking to Rupert that a colleague , even though an anthropologist , should think nothing of abandoning his wife when she was ill . |
| 13 | met his wife when she worked at the maltings during the war and they were married in 1948 . |
| 14 | Perhaps he spends more time with his wife when he 's ashore these days . ’ |
| 15 | Apparently , Marr had been driving with his wife when he spun out of control and smashed into a brick wall . |
| 16 | What would Changez make of his wife when he finally looked at her ? |
| 17 | This was the furtiveness that could become fear : not owning up to a language he spoke , smuggling sausages into his bedroom , pretending he was out , plaguing the porters for a letter from his wife when he knew she did n't know where he was . |
| 18 | A man only starts to worry about the virginity of his bride or the virtue of his wife when he wants to breed an heir . |
| 19 | ‘ You did n't care that Garry was still sleeping with his wife when he was supposed to be in love with you ? ’ |
| 20 | He did n't tell us how much money he earns and he did n't tell us how much money he gave his wife when he was married to her and was looking after his own children . |
| 21 | For , ‘ Mr Novak , ’ he corrected , adding , ‘ in a majority of Czech names , ‘ ova ’ is added to the end of a man 's surname for his wife when he marries . ’ |