Example sentences of "divorce [pron] first wife " in BNC.
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1 | Yet he soon divorced his first wife , quite casually , to cement a treaty against his brother Carloman , and certainly paid little or no attention to orthodox Christian morality . |
2 | He had by this time divorced his first wife . |
3 | He met Paula , described by workmates as popular and outgoing , in 1988 the year that he divorced his first wife . |
4 | Fell in love with the Duke of Athens ’ sweet little widow , and tried to get rid of the Patriarch of Constantinople when he would n't let him divorce his first wife . |
5 | Within two years of overcoming this faction , Henry had divorced his first wife and married Matilda , the daughter of Henry II of England . |