And why should my wife put herself in such an unpleasant situation?

His wife put her arm around him to help, but he seemed fit enough.

If his wife had put anything on the cake it would be long gone by now.

My wife put a board on top for the typewriter.

My wife, you see, recently put me on a diet.

Then, about four years ago, my wife, who is also a nurse, put her foot down.

He ran the house, as his wife put it, like a camp.

His wife stood alone and put a piece of candy in her mouth.

Then he lost a lot of weight because his wife put him on a diet.

As his wife put it yesterday, "$700 was a lot of money for us in those days."