Example sentences of "my [adj] friend " 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 | The talk , in lurid detail , of filth and porn and how excruciatingly disgusting it all was , made my broad-minded friend feel nauseated and he left . |
| 3 | But Herbert was my greatest friend , and we used to spend most of our time with each other . |
| 4 | I therefore offer readers an extract of my elder friend 's memoirs , taken from the book which his daughter Aliki Costakis and I are currently preparing for publication . |
| 5 | Zero Mostel told the chairman , ‘ My dear friend , I believe in the antiquated idea that a man works in his profession according to his ability rather than his political beliefs . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Remembering always my dear friend Faith , with deep affection , Alida Thorne . ’ |
| 7 | My dear Friend , You 're a fathead who does n't understand a joke . |
| 8 | My dear friend , I was sincerely moved by your letter . |
| 9 | ‘ Luke , ’ shouted Juan ; Cantering up , he bent down and gave Luke a great hug ; ‘ My dear friend , 'ow are you ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ My dear friend , if you will allow me to call you that , ’ he cried , shaking both my hands , ‘ let me congratulate you on your fortune ! |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't worry , trust me , my dear friend . |
| 13 | I said , ‘ but thank you for warning me , my dear friend . ’ |
| 14 | I was busy and happy all that time , relying greatly on the help and encouragement of my dear friend Miss Temple . |
| 15 | My dear friend . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's the funeral of my dear friend , Lauengram , ’ he said , in answer to our question . |
| 17 | ‘ My dear friend , ’ he cried . |
| 18 | My Dear Friend , |
| 19 | But she , in her turn , went to the youngest brother 's wife and said , " Oh , my dear friend , my sister , I have such a pain in my arm and back ! |
| 20 | Well then , my dear friend , so what 's all this gossip in the village about visions of Our Blessed Lady ? |
| 21 | All this is extremely bad for your daughter 's reputation my dear friend . |
| 22 | And how is my dear friend Monsieur Martin ? |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Nathan , my dear friend , how are you ? ’ he gushed . |
| 25 | It was my dear friend Henry Clerval . |
| 26 | My dear friend ! ’ |
| 27 | My dear friend — if I may so describe him — the previous Foreign Secretary , who resigned from the right hon. Lady 's Government over Europe , was equally thrilled , although he did not express himself — he never does — in quite such colourful language . |
| 28 | ‘ Now , my dear friend , what would you like ? ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I am certain that the transition could only have been made possible through the dedication ( If those Mr Chips at Halton , who gave their entire working life to the charges of all their students , Men like A.C.K. Kermode , Whittaker , Latimer Needham , Pillars , B.A. Smith and last but not least my dear friend the maths master . |