Example sentences of "his wife [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early morning mist was lifting above the Great Stukeley lanes to reveal a glorious day as Mr Major arrived with his wife to vote at the village hall . |
| 2 | Bleary-eyed , I staggered back to Nevski Prospect , and there I spotted a dejected-looking husband sitting in his car outside a supermarket , obviously waiting for his wife to emerge with the shopping . |
| 3 | It may be that a court of equity will regard the bank as affected by equities arising out of the manner in which the husband persuades his wife to agree to the proposed transaction . |
| 4 | John Angus Macrae , a fireman at Stornoway Airport , told his wife to telephone for the fire brigade and he went to offer assistance . |
| 5 | Linkworth did not want his wife to write to the old lady . |
| 6 | One of his most famous illusions was his ‘ Levitation ’ , which he first performed in 1867 , when he caused his wife to rise from the stage . |
| 7 | Mr Brocklebank , who had been sent by his wife to look at the house , reported back . |