Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] friend [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , with my seal-profile friend Fairfax , in the sight of the Mountain of God , I see that Victoria may have had a point . |
| 2 | JC : Whether he overestimated my capabilities or not , I 'm pleased to have sung Gloriana , and enjoyed later performances conducted by my dear friend Reggie on the Covent Garden tour and during a visit to Rhodesia [ Zimbabwe ] for the Rhodes Festival in 1953 . |
| 3 | ‘ Remembering always my dear friend Faith , with deep affection , Alida Thorne . ’ |
| 4 | And how is my dear friend Monsieur Martin ? |
| 5 | I returned to Russia recently with my dear friend Ashkenazy and we went to look at the Central School of Music in Moscow , our educational base for so many years , and there it is , a sorry sight of rubble , locked doors and broken windows . |
| 6 | I only heard of what we will call " the-carving-of-mahogany-to-fit-the-cami-knickers " years and years later from my dear friend Bruin Boyce . |
| 7 | I was busy and happy all that time , relying greatly on the help and encouragement of my dear friend Miss Temple . |
| 8 | ‘ If I die , or if I disappear for more than three months , ’ the will began , ‘ I wish to leave everything I own to my dear friend Edward Hyde . ’ |
| 9 | It was my dear friend Henry Clerval . |
| 10 | It was not entirely by chance that soon afterwards I found myself discussing historic family houses in central London with my 90-year-old friend Monsignor Gilbey . |
| 11 | My old friend Robson was head of your organisation during the last war , and I have a run-off of a cartoon dated October , 1939 , which he sent to me . |
| 12 | ‘ Is this table for my old friend Bill ? ’ the stranger asked , with a terrible smile . |
| 13 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |
| 14 | Although there were more than 100 British nationals killed in the accident there was no provision at that time for a State with such an interest to participate , but knowing that the minister was bound to be asked by MPs in the House what arrangements there were for investigating the cause of death of so many UK citizens I telephoned my old friend Michel Vigier in paris with a formal request that we might send a UK observer . |
| 15 | ‘ I gather that your sergeant is related to my old friend Reggie Pooley . |
| 16 | My old friend Lesley ( Birds of a Feather ) Joseph showed up with her children . |
| 17 | Last Christmas my old friend Joseph had sunk lower in his chair from the year before but in the afternoon three old friends came to see him . |
| 18 | Indeed , I have made her immortal : my old friend Will Shakespeare wrote a play about a Danish prince called Hamlet who moons about the stage wondering whether he should kill his murderous mother . |
| 19 | Or is this perhaps my old friend Bernard Ingham coming in one more time to help the lady of his adoration ? |
| 20 | I have to say , however , that whenever he thought I was becoming a shade morbid on visions of apocalyptic doom , my old friend Archie Dow , would admonish me : ’ Ach , Andra , I 've been waitin' fir the end i' the world all my life . |
| 21 | Then there was the rural charm of my old friend Gerry Rafferty 's much loved weekly dander ‘ Listen Here Awhile ’ , the inquisitive ramblings round the countryside by ‘ Nomad ’ , and the contributions by that most famous of all Belfast local historians , Cathal O'Byrne . |
| 22 | On the television replay it was pretty clear , and even the doyen of television commentators , my old friend Bill McLaren , sounded slightly surprised as Gareth awarded the try . |
| 23 | I was delighted to see my old friend Bessie again . |
| 24 | Finally , my old friend Alistair Sampson set me up with a cheerful office over his shop in the Brompton Road , where I am gathering stock and beginning life again . |
| 25 | Tick a tick a , back on my old friend Jack . |
| 26 | When we nodded assent , Mr Murray smiled ‘ And would it be true to suggest that my old friend Tom Warner is the Divisional Superintendent here for the C.P.R. ? |
| 27 | It was in the handwriting of my old friend Henry Jekyll . |
| 28 | They spoke to my old friend Henry Clerval , and he was very happy to travel with me . |
| 29 | On the day in question I attended at Buckingham Palace and was received by Lord Plunket , and to my delight also found Lady Susan Hussey , who was the Lady-in-Waiting and the wife of my old friend Duke Hussey . |
| 30 | Sir , — At the risk of prolonging correspondence , may I be permitted to join the debate started by my old friend Stella Fearnley ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 66 ) and continued in the September issue ( p 6 ) by Richard Harwood ? |