Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pos pn] friend " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pepita set down among the crates to wait for her friend and the rum to reach her . |
| 2 | Superior qualifications were , indeed , by no means a guarantee of preferment , on the testimony of David Scott himself , who admitted on another occasion that ‘ there was some altercation about the superior qualifications of the other candidates , but on my shewing the chairman the anxiety I had to provide for your friend , with his assistance I carried it ’ . |
| 3 | In fact , Laura had refused to accept from her friend anything more than a small token sum towards the other girl 's rent . |
| 4 | She finished her own coffee , listening to him as he began to talk about his friend Denzil . |
| 5 | This young lady , Mr Bodenland , is the product of the union of two of the great minds of our time , the philosopher , William Godwin , and Mary Wollstonecraft , one of the great philosopical female minds to rank with my friend , Madame de Stael — who lives just across the lake , as you may know . |
| 6 | A girl in a purple suit began to talk to her friend beside her . |
| 7 | She did not want to talk to her friend about Jamie , and she did not trust herself to hold a lengthy conversation with Bridget without mentioning his visit . |
| 8 | ‘ We thought you would be interested to hear about your friend . ’ |
| 9 | I thought you were anxious to hear about your friend . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Almost like old times , Denis , ’ as a happily departing season-ticket holder remarked to Mr Law of the BBC , while in the directors ' box Mr Boycott , a guest of Brian Clough , was unsure whether to smile for his friend or sigh for his county . |
| 11 | It is good that you are able to look after your friend with the sick husband , and I expect you are still seeing Maureen . |
| 12 | Your learned friend very fairly set the sort of orders one would expect in the case of this sort , erm , can I only add one thing which erm there is still a , failing erm his right there should have been an adjournment this morning that the question of a structured settlement could be investigated , all these people who have indeed , it must be from the plaintiff 's point of view as well , desirable that those investigations be erm carried out , with the greatest , greatest speed possible , obviously it takes time to er instruct the and so on and erm , it seemed er to me that it would be appropriate to include some of the I happen to discuss with my friend , erm providing for the matter to be brought back not later than a certain time |
| 13 | She picked absent-mindedly at a piece of lint on one long denim-clad leg , unable for the moment to look into her friend 's probing blue eyes . |
| 14 | One day Dale went to play with her friend . |
| 15 | But for years there was a large bomb site down the road , on which I used to play with my friend Howard , who lived three doors the other way . |
| 16 | " You 're a fraud , Richard , " Graham said , turning to look at his friend . |
| 17 | ‘ I think it may have something to do with my friend . |
| 18 | ‘ Anything to do with your friend Hugh ? ’ he asked , his tone deceptively casual . |
| 19 | ‘ They were n't going to leave without their friend — in a way they were displaying remarkably human behaviour . ’ |
| 20 | Daisy thought , a people that loves flowers yet is cruel to animals ; Sister Dew said to herself , I must get a coloured postcard of that to send to my friend . |
| 21 | I thought it was n't worth just sitting around waiting for something to happen and I had already arranged to go to my friend 's house so I went out . |
| 22 | I wanted to go to my friend 's on the coast and then to join Felipe . |
| 23 | And Willy 's to call for his friend , look at that rip that up Willy . |
| 24 | Beryl would have to move out , but she would go to live with her friend ; two old-maids together . |
| 25 | but , then the next morning of course when Wendy got home she 'd been down my nephew 's looking after the kids for them and erm , and said we 've come to arrest you , and no , oh Rachael said oh mum there 's a police car pulled up outside , so she said , oh my god do n't tell me they 're wrong and it is Tracey , cos Tracey 's left home , she 's gone to live with her friend and erm , anyway , when Wendy got to the stairs she could n't go in , she could n't go any further and she said erm , when , when the policeman said Mrs I 've come to arrest you , she just about said Christ she said what have I done ? |
| 26 | ‘ But I understood that you intended to live with your friend after your father died . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm to stay with my friend , you remember , I told you I 'd met her last week ? |
| 28 | She might even be able to stay at her friend 's house on Saturday night . |
| 29 | The two mares had become inseparable and cried bitterly if they were parted , Fantasma even bashing down fences to get at her friend . |
| 30 | You would n't want that to happen to your friend . ’ |