Example sentences of "and [pos pn] wife [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was terrible , ’ he said , ‘ my children were taunted at school with ‘ your father is a fixer ’ and my wife got reactions going shopping . ’ |
| 2 | It was five one pound bets that we put on between us , I put two on , my wife put three on , and all mine were place bets , and I got the winner and I got the fourth , and my wife got the second , and the other one of hers lost . |
| 3 | And er I got involved on national registration and er , on one occasion , we were working , we 'd got a deadline and we were working through the weekend , and my wife came to pick me up at what she thought was a reasonable time , at one o'clock on Saturday , found she was given a cup of tea and set to work , and we finished , going home about midnight . . |
| 4 | ‘ Our plans changed , Wilson , and my wife had not kept pace with them . |
| 5 | I had had a whole afternoon spent upon me , been the centre of attention , cost the State a fortune and my wife had given up a whole day of precious work to be with me . |
| 6 | My father and mother both died in the Royal Hampshire Country Hospital ; my second grandchild was born there ; my daughter had her appendix removed there and my wife had an MOT there . |
| 7 | I had a guid record , and my wife had it all planned out . |
| 8 | Erm , so I was constantly getting rises , less my service pay and erm it got to a state there where sometimes my service pay was more than what the erm salary I would have got at home was and my wife had to pay to keep my superannuation live . |
| 9 | And I missed that in the seventies and eighties , and my wife said you know you 're mad , towards the late eighties she told me off , she said you 're mad , you 'll spend your life looking for something that you 've already got , for god 's sake just concentrate on what you r are , you 're an actor , do that , perform . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's a personal friend , and my wife likes him . |
| 11 | Well well I I as I er as both myself and my wife understood it , everything had been paid and then obviously when we got the letter saying we owed this amount of money it did n't come to light till Mr and Mrs came to see you |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I 'd never done weights before I came to Chelsea , and my wife gives me better things to eat than bananas . |
| 13 | And he goes and my wife threw me out , I do n't know what to do . |
| 14 | I am married , and my wife has been unfaithful . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Oh — it 's my son — he 's got cystic fibrosis , and my wife 's gone away for a few days with a friend for a break . |
| 16 | We need members need to get a grip on what is happening and my wife suggests this , that the panel erm rather than setting up a new panel , look at the whole issue of school meals , this and other issues . |
| 17 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 18 | Children were splashing in the beck , their cries echoing from the cove face , a courting couple were doing what courting couples have done since time immemorial , oblivious to the world and its wife passing by , and old ladies on a coach trip from Bradford were walking gently through the sunny afternoon , all grey hair , handbags and giggles . |
| 19 | FOUR groups of farmers and their wives came to Penrith mill recently as part of a continuing programme of visits for existing and potential customers scheduled throughout the summer . |
| 20 | However , it should not be forgotten that Nicolae Ceauşescu 's colleagues and their wives had quickly learnt to reward themselves for the hardships of their long struggle for power . |
| 21 | Although none of the other Blaxhall competitions is connected with horse-gear , they are included as examples of the way farm-workers and their wives enjoyed a frolic . |
| 22 | A John Benet , very probably the same man , was listed in 1448–9 as an existing member of the confraternity of St Nicholas , the London guild of parish clerks , to which several known composers and their wives belonged ; his wife , Agnes , is also named . |
| 23 | The Press enclosure was in the Members ' Stand and the scene around us was indescribable as the staid ‘ more English than the English ’ burghers of Adelaide and their wives stood up booing and shaking their fists . |
| 24 | There are also sexual impulses which they can not incorporate in relationships with their wives , because they and their wives think it would be too animal-like and demeaning to perform them . |
| 25 | In the Victorian Woodborough Vicarage , the priests and their wives milled through the ground-floor rooms with plates of cold chicken and ham , and glasses of encouraging German wine . |
| 26 | ‘ Would you believe it 's no less than some of the company directors and their wives paying a visit to Family Day ? ’ |
| 27 | Positioning the wheels to commence tank construction ; Gordon Thomas and his wife inspecting progress , summer 1899 . |
| 28 | c. then he goes home and he calls her + and his wife overhears him + |
| 29 | However this interpretation is ruled out by the following co-text and his wife overhears him . |
| 30 | There was a fight , and his wife killed the other . |