"I would enjoy that, my friend, but my wife wouldn't approve."

"You have to wait until my wife has seen and approved my portrait."

His wife approved of this, but fate crafted a different destiny.

My wife who had been with me here a couple of times also liked Banff and approved the idea.

My wife and I did not approve of their eating all that candy.

I felt sure his wife would not have approved.

Your wife never approved of our duel, and she decided to set things right on her own.

But later, thinking about it, she had to acknowledge that, if he was intending to marry, his future wife might not approve.

"My wife might not approve, but that will have to do."

Even if his wife wouldn't approve of it.