Example sentences of "friend [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know what the reason I hate him you know and he and he goes on my friend Garry and he goes oh you still going out with that Pakkie ? |
| 2 | ‘ My friend Bernice and I have been trying to work out how to stabilize the moons , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Before the visit to Dior , we eat lunch — Sandra , her friend André and I — and we discuss the idea of glamour . |
| 4 | The underground economy in every socialist state , however , has always been resolutely capitalist , and so my friend Kurowski and I have come here tonight to find out how the world 's oldest profession is adjusting to the new economic realities . |
| 5 | In case you 're not fluent in Japanese , Katharine Over is telling her friend Lucy that she 's about to join the Prime Minister on a diplomatic mission . |
| 6 | Then , if it 's all right , my friend Portia and I can drive into Geneva with you tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | It certainly did n't sound like your friend Simon and he certainly did n't put on a silly voice like that silly twit did |
| 8 | And , for good measure , on his dear friend Alexander and his captain , Aristotle . |
| 9 | I see you will shortly do credit to my friend Belville as he has done you credit . |
| 10 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend Chatterton that it 's really very dangerous to travel on tubes these days . |
| 11 | ‘ I think I liked acting in the play best of all , ’ Carol told her friend Gillian when it was time to go . |
| 12 | One Sunday soon afterwards Mr Utterson was walking with his friend Enfield when they happened to pass through the narrow side-street again . |
| 13 | Despite its eulogistic tone Oldershaw 's memory seems more credible than E. C. Bentley 's half-humorous , half-invented sketch of Thomas aged sixteen during his first half-year at St. Paul 's : ‘ It was Walker [ Frederick Walker , the High Master ] too , who had made this possible by clearing the ‘ History Eighth ’ , the first recruits to which included my friend Oldershaw and myself , soon to be joined by an exceptionally reserved and quiet boy who usually had in his pocket a rat or so , and a few snakes , which he would shut in his desk with books , and occasionally peep at stealthily — Edward Thomas the poet . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I think your friend Billy and his fellow commandos were a bit peeved to find themselves here after the horse had bolted , so to speak . ’ |
| 15 | Tonight my friend Watson and I must spend the night in your sister 's room , where you are sleeping at the moment . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What news of the world of golf and particularly of our friend Harley and his associates ? |
| 17 | Peeling potatoes and worrying how best to retain their vitamin C , Scarlet has plenty of time to worry about other things , such as why she is so much more timid than her best friend Constance and what she can do to improve relations between her dour , monotonic husband and Camille , her daughter from her first marriage . |
| 18 | Next Saturday my Medau friend Camilla and I are each going to swim 100 lengths non-stop ( as the ‘ Medau Duo ’ ) in the national charity swimming marathon ( as you might guess , it 's called a ‘ swimathon ’ ) , so have been collecting sponsors , which is rather more arduous than doing the actual swimming . |
| 19 | ‘ My friend Angela and I argue about John Lennon and Paul McCartney . |
| 20 | I appreciate the difficulties that my right Hon. Friend faces and I am not criticising him , but would it not be a good idea to consider a combination of more all-day European supply days such as the one next Thursday , longer debates-late at night , if necessary the sending of more business upstairs to Committee whenever a particular document makes that relevant and also , once a month , having a longer Friday afternoon session so that European enthusiasts , such as my Hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Mr. Taylor ) , myself and others can take part . |
| 21 | I appreciate the difficulties that my right Hon. Friend faces and I am not criticising him , but would it not be a good idea to consider a combination of more all-day European supply days such as the one next Thursday , longer debates , late at night , if necessary the sending of more business upstairs to Committee whenever a particular document makes that relevant and also , once a month , having a longer Friday afternoon session so that European enthusiasts , such as my Hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Mr. Taylor ) , myself and others can take part . |
| 22 | ‘ Without wishing to expose myself to obloquy , as you exposed friend Harq before we all became colleagues — ’ |
| 23 | Having asked about Shropshire 's youth and their existence within the diocese , my friend Clare and I were invited to take on the role of Shropshire 's Youth Representatives . |
| 24 | I returned to Russia recently with my dear friend Ashkenazy and we went to look at the Central School of Music in Moscow , our educational base for so many years , and there it is , a sorry sight of rubble , locked doors and broken windows . |
| 25 | It has been almost three months now since I have been home here in England after spending three weeks holiday in France with my friend Rachel and her family . |
| 26 | We were taken to the station , dragged down to the cells and left there — all of us , Dad , Russell , his friend Tony and me . |
| 27 | Wendy rang her friend Louise but there was no reply . |
| 28 | You said it was completely confidential but I mean I would just say well it 's , it 's between Friends Provident and yourself end of story . |
| 29 | You and Nigel were the first friends Rita and I made , nine years ago , when we came to live in North Wales . |
| 30 | It is envisaged that , if the Friends are willing to help in this way , properly trained volunteers , who would have to be members of the Friends organisation and who would have their approval , could help with special events and special projects , where existing staff do not have sufficient time to carry out the work . |