Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] friends " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Pray for old friends in King 's Cross and Earl 's Court . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It 's a recruiting ground for the younger generation and a meeting place for old friends like Billy Connolly . |
| 6 | Cliff Paul and Barry Sheppard began taking in paying guests as an extension of their enthusiasm for entertaining friends . |
| 7 | ‘ Who 's talking about old friends ? ’ enquired Albert nastily . |
| 8 | They exchanged banter and gossip about old friends , new acquaintances , and fresh scandals . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The hour is growing late and the conversation between old friends shows no signs of flagging . |
| 11 | ‘ We do n't want no trouble between old friends . ’ |
| 12 | The room was silent , as if there had never been conversation between old friends . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | After a time we come to think of them as old friends . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A small party for some friends and relatives , and I wondered if you would n't mind giving Betty a hand with the arrangements . ’ |
| 21 | One April evening Marilla came home late after visiting friends . |
| 22 | A forty six year old man was walking home after visiting friends . |
| 23 | A forty six year old man was walking home after visiting friends . |
| 24 | She said she was on her way home after visiting friends when the incident happened . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ You know the bad consequence of my laying myself under unnecessary obligation , and you will therefore take care that I only do it for real Friends that I can depend upon , ’ the member of parliament warned . |
| 27 | The majority of poems concerning death are most commonly laments for lost friends who have already passed away . |
| 28 | Then she had found out about the baby and realised the truth — that they had done more than draw comfort from each other as mere friends . |
| 29 | John Aubrey Lear , 84 , died after saying farewell to a group of retired friends off on a walk at Reeth in Swaledale , near Richmond . |
| 30 | A dream of the City sliding down into the maw of chaos ; of dear friends and their children dead , and of the darkness to come . |