Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] [art] friend " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought he was just a friend of Mrs Nowak and nothing more . ’ |
| 2 | He was just a friend of my mother . ’ |
| 3 | He was also a friend of Lady Elcho through whom he was introduced to her special friend , A. J. Balfour , with whom he could discuss philosophy . |
| 4 | He was engaged in trading abroad , in cloth and books , and by 1650 was an important member of the community associated with the London Dutch church ; he was also a friend of Samuel Hartlib [ q.v. ] , who often describes him as an ‘ informant ’ . |
| 5 | Er , the secretary gets out of her chair , and she while I have a look , and you can hear annual negotiation , and er , and the golden rule for negotiating was er looking at your list up there , and he was a boss , he was also working as a colleague , he was even a friend . |
| 6 | Would n't want to remember when he was once a friend , I suppose . |
| 7 | A strong Calvinist , he was never a friend to the episcopate , and moved the cessation of business in response to the accusation of seditious speeches made by Bishop Richard Neile [ q.v. ] , once Salisbury 's chaplain , against the Commons in 1614 . |