Example sentences of "wife [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife passed him a score . |
| 2 | Finally , to avoid a scene , his wife granted him an audience and Alice returned to her room upstairs to allow them some privacy . |
| 3 | His wife darted him an impatient look . |
| 4 | After Murti had completed her statutory five minutes of dust re-distribution , my wife waved her a cheery goodbye . |
| 5 | All she had learned was that he was a man whose wife thought him the apple of her eye and who had tastes in Italian painting that were remarkably similar to her own . |
| 6 | Pilate 's wife sent him a message begging him to have nothing to do with Jesus as she had experienced a bad dream because of him . |
| 7 | That night Anthony 's wife sent me the following balm from Chequers : |
| 8 | ‘ My wife bought me a small kit to try out using wool — which is rather like painting by numbers — and I have not looked back since . ’ |
| 9 | The Vicar 's wife gave her the magazine to edit and type up . |
| 10 | His wife gave me a rough idea of what their insurance situation was . |
| 11 | On one occasion , the wife gave me a tin of beans , small kettle , and I put it in the cauldron . |
| 12 | My wife gave me a right old bo*****ing last night when I started shouting abuse at Keumann ( sp ? ) |
| 13 | I have split with my mistress today , my wife gave me an ultimatum — and now this . |
| 14 | His wife gave him a long level look with no liking in it at all , and Penelope Huntley watched , fascinated . |
| 15 | His wife gave him a plywood Appalachian dulcimer , bought from Cecil Sharp House in London , where the English Fold Dance and Song Society is based . |