1. Brian winked at his bride-to-be.

2. A marvellous discovery for every bride-to-be, The Wedding Centre is the ultimate one-stop shop.

3. Suzanne is Jonathan's bride-to-be.

4. Unfortunately, the bride-to-be died in a smallpox epidemic, which plunged the city both into mourning and quarantine.

5. For 1992 Dorma is offering the bride-to-be an exclusive bridal pack totally free.

6. The pragmatic bride-to-be initially planned to rent a gown.Sentence dictionary

7. A: What gift shall I give to the bride-to-be?

8. The bride-to-be chose modest high street designs in white for both the formal and more laid-back snaps.

9. A friend of hers gave the bride-to-be some condoms as a gag gift.

10. The 34-year-old, British-educated king picked out his bride-to-be, Nolichwa Ntenteza, during a traditional reed dance festival in southern Swaziland.

11. When a bride-to-be attends a wedding show and signs up to receive information from Savvi, her address is mapped to the closest Savvi retailer.

12. Inflated expectations (mostly on the part of the bride-to-be) about that all-important ring have also pushed prices higher, says Elena Mauer, a senior associate editor at Bridal Guide magazine.

13. She, like any bride-to-be, was all ebullience with regard to plans for the ceremony and reception.

14. Bride-to-be Heidi Withers was chided by her future mother-in-law for her "lack of grace" according to a cutting email that she shared with friends.

15. Meanwhile, bride-to-be Elena and wedding planner Javier tussle over her upcoming nuptials, while groom Tracy figures into Meghan's fantasies, sparking Sean's jealousy.

16. The royal bride-to-be is under a worldwide spotlight ahead of her April 29 wedding to Prince William —with special focus on fashion, what she'll wear for her big day.

17. Over the weekend, one bride-to-be in the eastern China city of Qingdao was taken by surprise by a quirky marriage proposal involving her boyfriend and 48 of his friends dressed as giant carrots.

18. As befits a bride-to-be, Kirrily had a more positive take and saw the film primarily as a celebration of female friendship.

19. As one bride-to-be, Silin Trenh, 28, explained, "We picked [the date] because the Chinese meaning of the number nine is longevity."

20. Like Medea, she plots revenge on her rival, the bride-to-be, and threatens her own child.

21. Once she had read a caption under the picture of a royal bride-to-be.

22. Did the prospect of such an early marriage, of leaving school and cutting off her education disappoint the Al Ain bride-to-be?

23. Each guest, as was customary, brought a gift for the bride-to-be, except Perseus alone.

24. Not only did he shake his hand, but he entrusted him with delivering his wedding present to the bride-to-be.

25. Mac Adam says she was once shocked by a bride-to-be who asked whether she could include her bank-account number.

26. Bridal showers are given by close friends of the bride-to-be to start the bride off on her forthcoming role as a wife.

27. The English language now has words for all three of them: the pushy father is a 'dadzilla', the possessive mother a 'mumzilla', and any obnoxious bride-to-be is a 'bridezilla'.

28. In this part of the world, it is not permitted for the groom or the bride-to-be to go to the bathroom 72 hours before the wedding.

29. It is customary for a couple to be engaged beforehand and this is symbolized by the groom-to-be giving the bride-to-be a necklace or a ring.

30. A leisurely preface shows Alice not only as a child, dreaming her Wonderland dreams, but as a bride-to-be faced with the prospect of imprisonment in a ghastly marriage.

1. Brian winked at his bride-to-be.