Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] his friend " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he is nice enough to feel a little embarrassed at taking so much money off his friend . |
| 2 | Danny felt a wave of admiration for his friend and affectionately put an arm around his shoulders . |
| 3 | It turns out , from Flaubert 's travel notes , that the business-card was n't pinned in place by Monsieur Frotteur himself ; it was put there by the lithe and thoughtful Maxime du Camp , who had scampered ahead in the purple night and laid out this little mousetrap for his friend 's sensibility . |
| 4 | Whatever the gentleman in question might feel about the Hanoverian monarchy and the Jacobite cause he could , in the circumstances , hardly refuse to take the oaths to Government and cast his vote for his friend in a subsequent election . |
| 5 | However , the constable learned from a woman in the street that just after the explosion Sutherland had approached her to get an ambulance for his friend who was still in the house . |
| 6 | ‘ What man in the whole world ’ , C. S. Lewis asked , ‘ except a father or a potential father-in-law , cares whether any other man gets married ? ’ and he partly answered his own question by saying that the ‘ self-abnegation ’ and ‘ anxiety ’ of the Poet for his Friend 's good was ‘ more like a parent 's than a lover 's ’ . |
| 7 | Fred was thin , Arthur very fat , and Fred 's head made a pecking movement over the bulk of his friend with the effort of bearing the load . |
| 8 | ‘ Grief over the loss of his friend ? |
| 9 | His obituary in the Gentleman 's Magazine ( vol. lxxxii , part 2 , 1812 , p.187 ) , however , states that as an advocate he possessed ‘ a persuasive oratory , infinite wit , and most excellent fancy ’ and that he was ‘ distinguished as the powerful rival of his friend , Lord Erskine ’ ( Thomas , later first Baron , Erskine , q.v. , lord chancellor 1802 ) . |
| 10 | Hearing involving four teenagers accused of murder of ‘ good neighbour ’ Les Reed , 45 , and attempted murder of his friend , Phillip Tull , adjourned by Cardiff magistrates until later today to allow legal representation . |
| 11 | He did n't quite know why he 'd hoped that Alex could be cleared of the murder , but the confirmation of his friend 's guilt sapped him of all energy . |
| 12 | And they were stunned at how he allowed yesterday — the day of his biggest ever test in the Commons — to be dominated by phone calls and meetings about the future of his friend . |
| 13 | General Obasanjo 's biography of his friend Chukwuma Nzeogu , the organizer of the coup , makes it very clear that the objective of the coup leaders was to create a government no longer dominated by these values . |
| 14 | ERASURE 's ANDY BELL sang Ave Maria at the wedding of his friend Steev of NITZER EBB … |
| 15 | More than a hint that , although deeply in love , she could grow exasperated with her impossible husband appears in a poem in Modigliani 's drawing of his friend Fabiano de Castro in 1918 : |
| 16 | On arrival at Worcester , Massachusetts , for the match , the earth was still moving for the British side and they lost nine-and-a-half to two-and-a-half , with Boomer winning his foursomes in partnership with his friend Archie Compston , but losing his single . |
| 17 | As his cricketing career nears its close , he continues to show his versatility with marathon charity walks and now two man chat shows in partnership with his friend Viv Richards . |
| 18 | He looked back at Theda and exchanged a knowledgeable glance with his friend Tiverton . |
| 19 | Despite his busy schedule , he made time to visit the conference ‘ Geordie night ’ — a gathering of north eastern MPs and activists — and was to be found one evening at the Brighton Trade Union and Labour Club with his friend Michael Elliot , a political comedian with whom he toured the coalfields during the 1984-85 pits strike . |
| 20 | Thus while we could take 123 as being about the Poet 's constancy to his Friend , even though we have neither Thou nor He form referring to the Friend ( ‘ No , Time , thou shalt not boast that I do change/ … |
| 21 | For the whole of his life my father was preoccupied by the duty he felt in some way to bear witness to his friend and his works . |
| 22 | In the moment before she rose to greet Michael Swinton Alexandra noticed their fascinated and apprehensive expressions with amusement , and saw Harry dart one swift glance at his friend . |
| 23 | With firm and gentle guidance by his friend , |
| 24 | Tuppe took advantage of his friend 's largesse . |
| 25 | In February 1865 he married Isabel Mary , the sister of his friend Henry Hewlett , and daughter of Henry William Hewlett of Brixton , a barrister with chambers in Gray 's Inn . |
| 26 | Ms Johnston 's stage adaptation stays true to her novel — almost too true , as Alec tells the story of his friend and his life . |
| 27 | From 1924 my father intended to write a major work about his friend and that is why he had asked Modigliani 's mother to supply him with all possible information about his childhood and adolescence . |
| 28 | Having received an honorary degree from St Andrews University , and through his friendship with Principal Robertson of Edinburgh University , had managed the business of a Divinity Degree for his friend Sam Cooper . |
| 29 | Craig Grenfell stared moodily through the window of his friend 's house in Chapel Street , his hands were thrust into his pockets , and his shoulders were slumped . |
| 30 | But his persecutors were frustrated when they had to release him a week later , partly due to a technical fault in the warrant for his arrest and partly due to the influence of his friend , Sir Matthew Hale . |