Example sentences of "his wife [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How 's his wife taking it ? ’ |
| 2 | But there were new-born lambs in the sheep pens of Scaup , and a cheery ‘ Hello now ’ from the farmer and his wife tending them . |
| 3 | It would have been inconsiderate of the King and his wife to spare them their self-imposed task ; to dismiss the sweating craftsmen to their homes to enjoy the feast-time in front of a longfire with their wives and children , or drinking with the Earl in his comfortable timber hall , well fired and warmly hung , on the opposite shore . |
| 4 | The thought of his wife jarred him guiltily out of his fantasy and when he glanced up Karen was smiling at him . |
| 5 | Peter Yeo rose abruptly and went to straighten a picture on the wall opposite him , his wife watching him warily . |
| 6 | As he ticked ‘ married ’ the woman behind the desk asked if his wife knew he was coming in . |
| 7 | Gordon enjoys running the small bar and serving in the dining room which his wife says he took to like a ‘ duck to water ’ . |
| 8 | looked after me in Hyderabad , where he and his wife made me feel at home with their warm , relaxing hospitality . |
| 9 | Is he aware that that gentleman hoodwinked the nation for about eight years and that in the end his wife made it clear that the man was entirely bogus ? |
| 10 | Peter Zahn 23 , urged his wife to do it because the boy had spread stories about him , Teesside Crown Court was told . |
| 11 | His wife left him , he became increasingly disinterested in his work and he returned to Cornwall as a tramp . |
| 12 | His wife left him — and I do n't blame her — but apparently since then he 's gone off women . ’ |
| 13 | He was married , his wife left him because of domestic violence . |
| 14 | Eventually his wife left him anyway and the drink and gambling got worse . |
| 15 | ‘ I would imagine alcohol started to become a problem for Len when his wife left him about three years ago , ’ Martin began . |
| 16 | do n't like him his wife left him |
| 17 | But Margaret told me well it was years ago up at the Germany , says his wife left him . |
| 18 | Steve and his wife use it to keep the weight off and ensure their 3 young daughters get the balanced diet the experts say they need . |
| 19 | His wife said he was n't back yet . |
| 20 | He did n't speak for ten minutes when his wife said she was expecting . |
| 21 | Before this interrogation , he had reluctantly agreed to allow his wife to conduct it , being unable to argue against her contention that if he were to perform that duty , his questioning would inevitably be biased in the girl 's favour . |
| 22 | Finally , to avoid a scene , his wife granted him an audience and Alice returned to her room upstairs to allow them some privacy . |
| 23 | His wife brought him , however , two books , The Plain Man 's Pathway to Heaven by Arthur Dent and The Practice of Piety by Lewis Baxley . |
| 24 | ‘ I want your money ’ , he roared , while his wife brought him piles of paper and the children sat at his feet counting money into a piggy bank . |
| 25 | c. then he goes home and he calls her + and his wife overhears him + |
| 26 | However this interpretation is ruled out by the following co-text and his wife overhears him . |
| 27 | He swore the kiss was por bem , which in translation means — ’ Margrida thought for a moment ‘ — ‘ without consequence ’ or ‘ of no consequence ’ , and his wife believed him . ’ |
| 28 | Since his wife died it 's been Cissie who 's looked after everything . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | When his wife died he began to look around for another ; someone who would give him the children he needed . |