Example sentences of "my old friend " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I can assure you that he is my old friend Spiggy Meu . |
| 2 | The fact is that if I had n't taken part in the BBC television previews of the big event I would probably be riding my old friend Bonanza Boy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It would seem that this book was his constant companion and the title page of his copy of the eighth edition , published in the year of his death , 1768 , was inscribed ‘ The Gift of my old friend , the author ’ . |
| 5 | Which is a hard enough life for any man , and my old friend has retired now . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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. ? |
| 8 | With all respect to my old friend , I believe my aims and basic purposes may have gone a mite deeper . |
| 9 | My old friend Fred Emery , who presented the programme from the Falklands , told us — and I have confirmed this from other sources — that the Cabinet is struggling to decide whether to build a new airstrip alongside Stanley 's existing facilities or , as has been hinted at in the Commons , on an entirely new site . |
| 10 | The band ( all sons of Gabby Pahinui , the late folk hero and master of Hawaiian slack-key guitar who contributed to Cooder 's ‘ Chicken Skin Music ’ back in 1975 ) have put together a collection of traditional songs interspersed with some surprising covers , including Lennon 's Jealous Guy and Steve Earle 's My Old Friend The Blues . |
| 11 | Questioned more closely on how he gets his sound — for instance , the mind-boggling tone for the slide solo on the Pahinuis ' versh of Steve Earle 's My Old Friend The Blues — it becomes more and more apparent that the unassuming , virtually ego-free Mr. Cooder is far happier discussing musicians other than himself … |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Finally , my early nomination for Referee of the Year is my old friend Derek Bevan , who has built on his excellent World Cup final with a great Calcutta Cup game and an even better England v Ireland . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | I 'm on a walking-tour with my cousin but she elected to do the art galleries in Penzance this morning , so I thought I would try to look up my old friend . ’ |
| 17 | Bradman said yesterday : ‘ I am very sorry indeed to hear of the passing of my old friend and colleague . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | IT is a great privilege and pleasure for me to honour my old friend and colleague John Gillam , with whom I have worked and argued over the last thirty years . |
| 20 | As my old friend , the Communist priest , performed the last rites , did I see a half smile on those weatherbeaten features ? |
| 21 | ‘ Life is a wonderful thing , Curator , and its pulse beats still in the heart of my old friend here . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | So while helping my old friend , I would be losing him at the same time . |
| 24 | I was delighted to see my old friend Bessie again . |
| 25 | At that moment I heard the sound of running feet inside the new castle — and the welcome voice of my old friend , Captain Sapt ! |
| 26 | But I have thought about it ever since my old friend said that . |
| 27 | ‘ Is this table for my old friend Bill ? ’ the stranger asked , with a terrible smile . |
| 28 | I got her through my old friend , Blandly , who , with everyone in Bristol , worked hard to find me a suitable ship when they heard the reason for our voyage — treasure , I mean . |
| 29 | I put this point to my old friend and Penguin spokesman Dick Flightless-Boyd . |
| 30 | Here is my old friend , Sir Jacob Swynford and Mr. Hargreaves come . |