Example sentences of "friend ['s] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 87 ( ‘ Farewell — Thou art too dear for my possessing ’ ) the Friend 's inconstancy and betrayal are excused as a simple error of judgement : Here , though , Shakespeare is not content to let the irony stand , for the couplet , with its sarcastic double-rhyme , dispels both illusion and self-deception : ‘ Thus have I had thee as a dream doth flatter — /In sleep a king , but waking no such matter . ’ |
| 2 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept the good news , contrary to what was said by the hon. Member for Ashfield ( Mr. Haynes ) , that although in recent times my constituency has experienced economic difficulties , so successful has my right hon. and learned Friend 's training and enterprise programme been that the Crawley and District Industries Association has told me that this is the first time during a downturn in the economy when training by companies has increased rather than decreased ? |
| 3 | I am now in Capt. Friend 's office and have only a short time to write before the post leaves . |
| 4 | He put his arm around his friend 's shoulder and grinned widely as they started off . |
| 5 | Cornelius put his arm around his friend 's shoulder and the two gazed off towards the lands of the east , wondering once more what the fates held in store for them . |
| 6 | I took a long way round to Ramon 's friend 's address and told him what had happened . |
| 7 | I had always thought him to be egotistical and attention-seeking ; but apart from mentioning his invitation to the Dukakis Inaugural , he answered modestly , even humbly : praising his friend 's work and disparaging his own . |
| 8 | He had slept on a friend 's floor and spent a very uncomfortable night . |
| 9 | She slid her fingers from her friend 's grasp and pulled herself up in the bed , a smile lighting up the ageing beauty of her face . |
| 10 | Martha , mesmerised by her friend 's ordeal and grateful to feel the guilt of her attack on Nana ebb away in this greater crisis , watched silently from the corner of the tiny room . |
| 11 | But she was left with a deep sense of hurt over her friend 's behaviour and had been unable to trust anyone since then . |
| 12 | I am delighted to respond to my hon. Friend 's invitation and I entirely agree with his remarks . |
| 13 | Those of us who are citizens of the United Kingdom who live north of the border have benefited from my right hon. Friend 's sagacity and influence in the Cabinet and are vastly privileged by the statement that he has made today . |
| 14 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State recently visited my hon. Friend 's constituency and delivered a few home truths to the city council about its housing policy failures . |
| 15 | You cut my friend 's hair and I 'll pay you . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | How could 1 , by taking these things to my house , save my friend 's life and peace of mind ? |
| 19 | The jangling of his friend 's bells and chains , which he had been using as an aid for navigation , had ceased abruptly . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | Mind you well going , going erm getting her best friend 's husband and lived next door to them as well ! |
| 26 | I know my hon. Friend 's view and I believe that he had an Adjournment debate on the subject last week . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Loretta took her friend 's advice and then listened in surprise as , in spite of the hot weather , Bridget ordered a casserole . |
| 29 | I share my hon. Friend 's pleasure and offer my congratulations to Lancaster university on achieving a 10.9 per cent . |
| 30 | Over Jack 's shoulder , she caught her friend 's eye and put a finger to her lips . |