Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] wife [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently he led his wife an awful dance . |
| 2 | There he composed his wife a letter ( later found among Laura 's belongings by PC Myers ) . |
| 3 | That evening he showed his wife the little bronze relief . |
| 4 | Here , the wife is left exposed to the monk 's attentions when the husband shuts himself up in his counting-house ( 75 – 88 ) ; he delivers his wife a lecture on his " " curious bisynesse " " when she asks him to come down to eat ( 224 – 48 ) ; he must settle his affairs in Paris before he can settle back at home after his trip to Bruges ( 365 – 9 ) . |
| 5 | He calls his wife the memsahib , so I guessed he served in India . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll see , ’ said Robert — I think in deference to me , for he gave his wife a nasty look as she beamed up at him . |