Example sentences of "wife 's [noun] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As with social class , the effects of the wife 's education predominate over those of the husband ( OPCS 1983a ) . |
| 2 | Eventually the wife 's parents took over the coffee supplying and started a tea room in the shop . |
| 3 | Behind him his wife 's voice went on , chiding gently about the fruit that had remained untouched on her locker , the meals returned uneaten . |
| 4 | Wife 's family speak out as shamed Cabinet Minister resigns at last |
| 5 | He started to mouth the words ‘ I 'll bring you a choc bar , ’ but before he was halfway through this soundless sentence his wife 's face levelled up towards him . |
| 6 | It 's the wife 's job to send out invitations and manage a couple 's social life , not the husband 's . ’ |
| 7 | When his vixen wife 's pregnancy turns out to be a phantom one , and he has to return to her bed , he runs away from home , taking refuge in his girlfriend 's apartment . |