Example sentences of "be his [adj] wife " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gina Bellman stars as the girl who may or may not be his demure wife — and who may or may not be a hooker he meets in a hotel . |
| 2 | A girl he had come to admire in Sumatra was brought to Java to be his third wife after he divorced Inggit . |
| 3 | Mathilde had in fact just missed being his real wife , for they had been engaged until 1836 , when , as a result of the Strasbourg episode , Mathilde had broken it off . |
| 4 | Often staying at Marchmont was his dear wife Brigid 's father , James Laver , writer on the history of fashion , one time Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum , and a marvellous raconteur . |
| 5 | The problem that he was having was that she was his legal wife 's sister and there was some rivalry or jealousy developing between his legal wife and er this other girl and he was n't sure what he what to do about it . |
| 6 | The progenitress of the Stewart line with Robert was his first wife , Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan , a member of another ancient Ayrshire family . |
| 7 | Perhaps she was his first wife . |
| 8 | Well Sir Marquess across the road it was his first wife who died of a brain tumour and left him with three daughters , as we know . |
| 9 | His widow , Joyce , was his second wife , whom he had married in 1676 , and a son , William , was given the power to administer his estate . |
| 10 | With Mr Jones at court was his second wife Dianne . |
| 11 | He came to me He had a problem , he and I were good friends and he said that erm that this one girl s erm Michelle , was his favourite wife and that he had been with her since erm she was twelve . |
| 12 | Rhoda , at thirty , was his third wife , some seventeen years younger than him . |
| 13 | It was his third wife and Queen , Farah Diba . |
| 14 | All he saw as he glanced at her was his little wife , shy as a fieldmouse , clinging to his hand . |
| 15 | Particularly if , as she suspected , that poor woman was his unfortunate wife . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ma'am , ’ the hotel-owner told me , ‘ I was one of Mr Rochester 's servants at the time , and I can tell you it was his mad wife who started the fire in the governess 's room . |