Example sentences of "friend ['s] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Camille put her tongue out at her friend 's back as she ushered her guest downstairs . |
| 32 | Mr. Walker : I share my Hon. Friend 's concern and that is why in the Welsh section of the White Paper I strongly expressed the importance of health promotion and the preventive side of health in Wales , which have an enormous contribution to make . |
| 33 | Scarlet could not now imagine how she had passed the week with the house next door empty and soulless : she tidied the kitchen in readiness for her friend 's return and sat down to read the local paper , two copies of which had just been delivered through the letterbox . |
| 34 | How could 1 , by taking these things to my house , save my friend 's life and peace of mind ? |
| 35 | The jangling of his friend 's bells and chains , which he had been using as an aid for navigation , had ceased abruptly . |
| 36 | ‘ We have always been a very tired family , ’ Finch said loftily to Henry , both aged twenty-eight , Finch lying back in a large bed with his cello on his ex-girl friend 's pillow and Henry standing up by the gas fire . |
| 37 | I 'm also changing the Description to read ‘ NATO — The great Hack ’ — I show you this trick only to emphasize the control you have over Windows ; not so you can sneak onto a friend 's PC and swap all their icons around ! |
| 38 | I set the tank up with two gallons of my friend 's water and ten gallons from my other tanks , topped up with new water . |
| 39 | He felt animated ; and then he remembered his obligation to be bedridden ; and then he wondered what Henry was saying to the analyst , and whether his friend 's loyalty and humor were visible to the man , and what was to happen next to them all . |
| 40 | Well it 's funny because erm , when we saw Ken the other day he was saying that erm his niece rang him up and erm she 's er she 's gon na be in Crewe this weekend for a friend 's wedding and , I think she must be coming up with some , some other girl as well , because the two of them , he said , I 'm taking two young ladies out on Sunday for lunch where 's a good place for a Sunday lunch you see ? |
| 41 | Scarlet felt that there was some flaw in her friend 's argument but was unable precisely to pinpoint it . |
| 42 | However , I endorse my hon. Friend 's suggestion that the SERPS entitlement accrues on earnings between the lower earnings limit and the upper earnings limit and that the Labour party 's proposal to scrap the upper earnings limit for contribution purposes is associated with no increase in benefit for those persons . |
| 43 | Mind you well going , going erm getting her best friend 's husband and lived next door to them as well ! |
| 44 | I entirely share my right hon. Friend 's view that we are concerned about improving health care and benefits to patients , which I believe trust status at South Ayrshire will achieve . |
| 45 | I know my hon. Friend 's view and I believe that he had an Adjournment debate on the subject last week . |
| 46 | I fully agree with my noble and learned friend 's observation that the dictum in Morris has led to confusion and complication where those in de facto control have been charged with theft from a company and I , too , consider , on the basis ( which he assumes only for the sake of argument ) that the Morris dictum is correct , that it would be wrong , when a person who by virtue of his position in the company constitutes ‘ the directing mind and will of the company ’ is accused of stealing from the company , to acquit that person on the ground that , in his capacity as the company , he has consented to the taking ( by himself ) of the company 's property , with the result that no appropriation , and therefore no theft , has occurred . |
| 47 | His life becomes even more complicated though when he starts to fall in love with his best friend 's lover and learns that his ex-wife is about to publish an expose of their marriage . |
| 48 | Loretta took her friend 's advice and then listened in surprise as , in spite of the hot weather , Bridget ordered a casserole . |
| 49 | I share my hon. Friend 's pleasure and offer my congratulations to Lancaster university on achieving a 10.9 per cent . |
| 50 | And after phoning Julie , who had agreed to join her in Devon , she 'd also been heartened by her friend 's confirmation that she was doing the right thing . |
| 51 | Following the visit of our hon. Friend the Member for Enfield , North ( Mr. Eggar ) to Basildon last Friday , will my right hon. and learned Friend endorse our hon. Friend 's statement that the independence that we are offering colleges of further education and sixth-form colleges such as Basildon 's will enable them to be more effective , efficient and flexible than they can be at present ? |
| 52 | I am grateful for my right hon. Friend 's statement because it demonstrates the Government 's commitment to a better equipped fleet for the future , even though the fleet manpower is contracting , and because jobs will be provided in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area . |
| 53 | I share my hon. Friend 's belief that the answer lies in the sort of suggestions that he made and which have been revealed in the report of the three wise men . |
| 54 | Two men , aged 26 and 27 , contested the case but were found guilty of rape and aiding and abetting each other on the sex attacks on a 21-year-old French woman , who told how the two burst into her room at a friend 's flat while she was reading the Bible . |
| 55 | I picture him in the back of his friend 's flat where he is staying . |
| 56 | As to my hon. Friend 's comment that the security forces should be allowed to operate without constraint from political considerations , I can give a categorical assurance that no such restraint for political reasons will be imposed . |
| 57 | Over Jack 's shoulder , she caught her friend 's eye and put a finger to her lips . |
| 58 | I was sitting in a friend 's garden where I had gone to seek the Lord , and as I was reading the words of Jesus I knew , with a peace and a joy which passed understanding , the call of God . |
| 59 | Nothing is more infuriating than , six weeks later , taking out some really beautiful specimens from the press and not being able to remember which friend 's garden or which field you found them in . |
| 60 | The health service in East Cumbria is developing fast , to the benefit of all patients — my right hon. Friend 's constituents and those of the hon. Member for Carlisle ( Mr. Martlew ) . |