Example sentences of "[Wh det] first wife " in BNC.
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| 1 | His health never recovered from an infection incurred in 1848 whilst he was dissecting a corpse ; he committed suicide in the following year bizarre incident took place in the life of the composer , Hector Berlioz ( 1803–69 ) , whose first wife was the Irish actress , Harriet Smithson . |
| 2 | This doctrine reflected the beliefs of Young Joseph , whose first wife gave birth to a daughter in 1865 . |
| 3 | She complains bitterly about Mr Smith saying that he is ‘ a lazy , good-for-nothing drunk ’ whose first wife ‘ had the best years of him ’ . |
| 4 | She complains bitterly about Mr Smith saying that he is ‘ a lazy , good-for-nothing drunk ’ whose first wife ‘ had the best years of him ’ . |
| 5 | On 2 October 1762 she married Robert Clark of Tetbury , Gloucestershire , whose first wife had died in 1755 shortly after the birth of a daughter , Mary . |