Example sentences of "friends [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave much happiness to his family and friends during his abbreviated time on this earth . |
| 2 | He said that he had been in a corner of the bar talking to the landlord and friends during the time that the incident took place . |
| 3 | He is staying with Christian friends during term-time , where he is being really loved and cared for by them . |
| 4 | Koestler and Orwell met and became friends during the war , but it takes more than two to make a coterie , and in conversation Koestler denied having taught Orwell anything important about communism : it was a meeting , not always entirely harmonious , of like minds . |
| 5 | It was Eliot 's belief that if Christianity disappeared our civilization would disappear with it , and in his letters to friends during this period he gave the impression that this process was already far advanced . |
| 6 | Jack Delano was never an invisible photographer — his subjects were always aware that they were being photographed — in fact he had acquired so many friends during the early stages of the project in the 1940s that approaching the same people in the 1980s was a mere formality . |
| 7 | A few quotations from his correspondence to friends during the years before its appearance will serve to introduce the main interests and traits in question : " Three things are my relaxations , but infrequent ones : my Schopenhauer , Schumann 's music , and solitary walks " ( from 1866 ) ; " It is only too natural that … concentrating on a particular field of knowledge all day long should somewhat blunt one 's untrammelled receptivity and attack the philosophic sense at its root . |
| 8 | Although the declaration was proposed by the Dutch presidency , British Ministers were its main friends during the discussions . |
| 9 | Sununu 's abrasive and often arrogant personal style won him few friends during his three-year tenure at the White House . |
| 10 | ‘ We became very good friends during the war years , and it would be great to see George again , ’ said Stan . |
| 11 | A STUDENT , Sarah Molyneux , hanged herself because she could not make friends during her first term at university , an inquest was told yesterday . |
| 12 | It soon became clear that I could no longer rely on friends for help with everyday chores like shopping and housework when I needed it . |
| 13 | I had previously spent about two years asking local social services and friends for help and not having it happen , so my flat had become pretty run down . |
| 14 | It soon became clear that I could no longer rely on friends for help with everyday chores like shopping and housework when I needed it . |
| 15 | I had previously spent about two years asking local social services and friends for help and not having it happen , so my flat had become pretty run down . |
| 16 | It soon became clear that I could no longer rely on friends for help with everyday chores , like shopping and housework , when I needed it . |
| 17 | I decided to leave before it got dark , first thanking the Padre and his two Breton friends for their very kind hospitality . |
| 18 | The Vibram soles gave plenty of grip , wet and dry , and the boots have become comfortable friends for distance walking over reasonable terrain . |
| 19 | They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long . |
| 20 | The Prince and Princess 's grandmothers have been the best of friends for most of their lives . |
| 21 | The Family of the late Michael Conroy ( Mick ) would like to thank Father John and all Mick 's friends for their floral tributes , Mass cards and messages of sympathy . |
| 22 | Wherever possible , though , he recommends turning to family and friends for emotional help with the problem , rather than going it alone . |
| 23 | We 'd been friends for so long , we could n't understand what was happening . ’ |
| 24 | Unavailable for work , he relies on friends for food , lodgings and money . |
| 25 | After all , she had not given up any of her friends for him . |
| 26 | Friends for life |
| 27 | Not wishing to leave the city when their studies were over , they asked all their friends for unwanted books and opened the shop in November 1940 . |
| 28 | Venetia was a woman of unusual quality , as is testified to not only by her ability to make two such disparate figures as Asquith and Montagu as obsessed with her as they both were between 1912 and 1915 , but also by the strength of her impact upon many other friends for the remaining 33 years of her life . |
| 29 | He gave the Bookman a big hug and hoped they would be friends for a long , long time . |
| 30 | We remained devoted friends for the rest of her life . |