Example sentences of "his wife to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Skinner teamed up with former Blackheath back-rowers of the '80s , Danny Vaughan and Kevin Acott , after learning that another Blackheath colleague from that era had lost his wife to cancer .
2 Supt Alwyn Harris , 51 , was killed yesterday morning when an IRA boobytrap bomb exploded underneath his car as he drove with his wife to church .
3 did n't he ? , perhaps he 's going to take his wife to work
4 No sooner had Havard become a friend than Lewis casually asked one day why Minto and Maureen did not entertain the doctor 's family ; have his wife to tea and allow his children to swim in the quarry pond .
5 ‘ I think I 'll ask the new vicar , Mr Allan , and his wife to tea on Wednesday , ’ said Marilla one day .
6 THE mansion where an oil tycoon battered his wife to death before killing himself is up for sale .
7 A SPIRITUALIST bludgeoned and strangled his wife to death .
8 A MAN who stabbed his wife to death in front of their young son begged for the boy 's forgiveness in court yesterday .
9 BRITISH Rail supervisor Geoffrey Capper battered and strangled his wife to death at their flat in Westcliff , a court heard yesterday .
10 A CROWN Prosecution Service solicitor may have used an idea from an episode of the TV hospital drama Casualty to try to divert suspicion after bludgeoning his wife to death , a court was told yesterday .
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