Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] friend " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thought about that friend of yours who 's in textiles . |
| 2 | MADAME PIA DE BRANTES-PEARSON became the first ever client for dear friend Christian Lacroix 's fledgling couture house when she married the impossibly handsome Christopher Pearson in July 1987 wearing Lacroix 's shell pink taffeta meringue . |
| 3 | And Nan , the baby of the family , eighteen years old and about to start at university today , Nan had not been one for inviting friends home either . |
| 4 | He helped form the midweek walkers ' club for retired friends who shared his love of walking and it was after one of their regular meetings that he died . |
| 5 | ‘ I used to make a lot of comments to David about this friend . |
| 6 | Pray for old friends in King 's Cross and Earl 's Court . |
| 7 | When I was in Bremen not long ago for what turned out to be a Fluxus family meeting , I felt great affection from and for old friends like Daniel Spoerri and Emmett Williams , but also the younger artists associated with the exhibition were warm and welcoming . |
| 8 | It 's a recruiting ground for the younger generation and a meeting place for old friends like Billy Connolly . |
| 9 | I had also got a ticket for another friend and neighbour , , whose late father held the Salvesen Chair of European Governmental Studies in the University here . |
| 10 | Cliff Paul and Barry Sheppard began taking in paying guests as an extension of their enthusiasm for entertaining friends . |
| 11 | But Tompkins said : ‘ It depends on the ground though at the moment I would favour Newbury for Staunch Friend and Newcastle for Halkopous . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Who 's talking about old friends ? ’ enquired Albert nastily . |
| 13 | They exchanged banter and gossip about old friends , new acquaintances , and fresh scandals . |
| 14 | He is full of chat now , feeling fine , gossiping to Bobby about old friends , his eyes bright and pinned ; his eyes are like twins who are also friends . |
| 15 | The hour is growing late and the conversation between old friends shows no signs of flagging . |
| 16 | ‘ We do n't want no trouble between old friends . ’ |
| 17 | The room was silent , as if there had never been conversation between old friends . |
| 18 | I KNEW of Doctor Ladislav Mareda through British friends who had worked with him for the English-language section of Prague radio until the crushing of the Prague Spring in 1968 . |
| 19 | It does n't happen , and students are the poorer because the compounds that I see as old friends are more like enemies to them . |
| 20 | When fellwalking becomes a passion as it has been for me and many others , the summits are regarded as old friends and memories are refreshed on each visit . |
| 21 | Then we got on board the little " Fingal " and soon were joined by a number who had travelled with us when we came and whom we greeted as old friends . |
| 22 | After a time we come to think of them as old friends . ’ |
| 23 | Last summer I was down in London on business and … er … it happened that , by chance … through some friends , I ended up at a party given by … er … well , some people in Holland Park . |
| 24 | If you are sending photographs abroad for some friends or relatives , then why not send some local flowers , or some from your garden , as a reminder not only of your family but also of your home or country . |
| 25 | A small party for some friends and relatives , and I wondered if you would n't mind giving Betty a hand with the arrangements . ’ |
| 26 | One April evening Marilla came home late after visiting friends . |
| 27 | A forty six year old man was walking home after visiting friends . |
| 28 | A forty six year old man was walking home after visiting friends . |
| 29 | She said she was on her way home after visiting friends when the incident happened . |
| 30 | TERRIFIED Ivan Kolov , 27 , jumped to his death from a plane at Tobolsk , Russia , after four friends took him up — to cure his fear of flying . |