Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [pron] husband [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few days later , an irate Mrs Jacobs was in touch : ‘ She stated that neither she nor her husband saw our representative and she is annoyed that ‘ some person ’ should have questioned her servants about their private affairs . ’ |
| 2 | It may be that none of these incidents , taken by itself , would be very significant , but the cumulative effect of them supports the view that the plaintiff and her husband subordinated their own interests to the wishes of the deceased … the plaintiff 's acts went well beyond what was called for by natural love and affection for someone to whom she had no blood relationship , and both she and her husband made it very clear in their evidence that there was no great love and affection between her husband and the deceased , and that he was only willing to pay for meals that the plaintiff provided for the deceased and to work as he did in the garden of the cottage because of the expectation that the deceased 's estate would in due course pass to the plaintiff . |
| 3 | She and her husband rescued their three children from their blazing home with seconds to spare early yesterday . |
| 4 | Aileen Gillies was all brisk agreement as she wrapped up some food in a cloth and gave it to them while her husband busied himself with laying the fire . |
| 5 | I asked her if her husband minded her tears . |
| 6 | She signed it because her husband pressed her to do so and told her he was being pressed by Campbell , and because she believed that if she would sign it … it would enable her husband to settle the beer contract . … |