Not once did she take a lover of her own.

What would he say if his wife took a lover?

What she would think of the fact that her baby girl had taken a lover.

It didn't take a former lover to see that she was not happy.

Should she take a secret lover, as many other girls did?

Once a woman's done the social bit, she's allowed to take a lover, as a right.

The couple had an open marriage, both taking lovers throughout their lives.

He wondered whether she had taken a lover during the last five years.

I'm not surprised that they take lovers when they're always left behind.

So far as a widow she has not taken a lover.