Example sentences of "[prep] be his friend " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emma : Publicity 's a tiger which can turn and rend The man who thought it once to be his friend . |
| 2 | Towards the end of the story , Gowie does start to become much nicer — not because of people threatening him , but because he meets somebody with a stronger personality who wants to be his friend . |
| 3 | Only the wrong kind of boy comes forward to be his friend ; the right kind are just the ones who hang back . ’ |
| 4 | To be his friend , the boy would have Diniz , who would think him his cousin , and who would grow to gentle manhood in the vineyards of Portugal , and honour Tristão his father . |
| 5 | In this one the ugly old lady with birds turned out to be his friend . |
| 6 | And Mrs Sowerberry was his enemy because Mr Sowerberry was supposed to be his friend . |
| 7 | I shall say I feel differently towards him , that I want to be his friend and lameduck him in London . |
| 8 | I may he may I may have died in the end but still , you know he wanted to keep the peace and wanted to be his friend . |