Example sentences of "[adj] of their friends " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her head and heart were in turmoil but no-one would have guessed it when later that evening she and Charles entertained 800 of their friends and family at a ball inside Buckingham Palace . |
| 2 | Another evening when she invited some of their friends , including Juan Gris and his wife , to dinner at the cottage , Modi turned up late , drunk and covered with mud . |
| 3 | I had in mind the possibility of a UK registered Concorde crashing into the sea just outside the three mile limit of some State while making an approach to land there and possibly the Russians or some of their friends commencing to salvage it before we could do anything about it . |
| 4 | Have got today ( Monday 17th ) off ( yippee ! ) but have n't done much — slightly hungover from last night , I went to see Tex Mex with Ruth & Euan & some of their friends , the food was great , & so today had a long lie in then went to a few shops … which were n't open because it 's an Edinburgh holiday … |
| 5 | We quickly made the acquaintance of everyone in our lane which was part of a very scattered village , and after the children started school there were always some of their friends around the house . |
| 6 | Well we 'll see whose around , and tell them , and they can invite a few of their friends , and we 'll see how it goes . |
| 7 | The teenager 's own responsibleness — and that of their friends — will have a bearing on your decision . |
| 8 | The following day they gave a home-coming party at Haddon Hall and invited many of their friends : Tony Visconti , Mary Hopkin , Lindsay Kemp , Mick Ronson , George Underwood , Freddie Barretti , Ken Scott and Mary Finnigan whom he kissed on the cheek and said , ‘ I love you , Mary . ’ |
| 9 | Celebrations went on into the morning and Paul and Fiona , along with many of their friends , stayed on in Jersey for a week 's holiday , before flying to Greece for their honeymoon . |
| 10 | Gilbey , then 21 , became a member of her social circle and many of their friends assumed for a while that they were a couple . |
| 11 | But the group 's Fifties-style , sweet harmony singing is in complete contrast to their background- the brutal streets of Philadelphia where many of their friends and family have been victims of violence or bloody murder . |
| 12 | Many of their friends were critical . |
| 13 | LONELY among the Indians whom they had subjugated , and whom they therefore feared , the Spanish squireens who settled in Central America almost five centuries ago kept themselves to themselves , and married their children to those of their friends . |
| 14 | Also , you could put your regular fans on a mailing list , writing to them every month to inform them of your next gigs and urging them to bring more of their friends along , in return for a back stage pass to Wembley when you play there ! |
| 15 | One afternoon in the last week of their stay she went to a reception in the Rue de Varenne given by yet more of their friends . |
| 16 | Five of their friends followed their example and volunteered , making the celebrated ‘ Cambridge Seven ’ , who left for China in 1885 . |
| 17 | One of their friends was a medium , and once a month those of their group who could get there would assemble at her flat in south London for a seance . |
| 18 | Try to put them with one of their friends . |
| 19 | When they think they know , they can ask one of their friends and , as soon as they guess correctly , they sit down and watch the fun as the others seek out their own identity . |
| 20 | Julia deliberately turned to him to explain the significance of Comfort 's private jokes and fill in the background whenever she mentioned the name of one of their friends whom David could not know . |
| 21 | One of their friends , Judas , had betrayed him . |
| 22 | Luckily Emma and Sophie were spending part of the afternoon with one of their friends , who lived in an apartment two floors down . |
| 23 | To her intense humiliation , Luke , Angel , Alejandro , three of Alejandro 's sons , and two of their friends who 'd come to lunch were playing on one pitch while Perdita had been put on another with Alejandro 's three younger sons and four of their cousins — none of them a day over twelve . |
| 24 | Firefighters expect to stay at the scene for at least the rest of the day — the strain of working amoung the debris under which two of their friends died shows only too clear to see . |
| 25 | They told us that he had insulted most of their friends , and that he dearly loved a political argument . |
| 26 | The fact that most of their friends who have already retired seem to manage pretty well is of little comfort . |
| 27 | ‘ Most of their friends are . ’ |