Example sentences of "were [pron] [adj] friend " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were my greatest friends in Benedict 's , and had rooms on either side of mine . |
| 2 | ‘ If I were coining it down in the bull market , ’ I reminded him , ‘ and you were my oldest friend and out of work and you came up with two corking girls like that , I 'd be honoured to pay the bill . ’ |
| 3 | Although the declaration was proposed by the Dutch presidency , British Ministers were its main friends during the discussions . |
| 4 | When the Burns family lived at the cottage in Alloway and later at Mount Oliphant Farm near the village , the Tennants were their closest friends and no account of the Burns story is complete without reference to them . |
| 5 | Were you good friends ? ’ |
| 6 | Were they true friends ? |
| 7 | The more serious uses of the theatre and adjoining laboratories were acknowledged by some of the leading scientists of the day — William Thomson ( first Baron Kelvin ) , ( Sir ) J. Ambrose Fleming , ( Sir ) James Dewar , and ( Sir ) Joseph Swan [ qq.v. ] — most of whom were his personal friends . |