Example sentences of "friends from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your dear new uncle-in-law whom I was fortunate enough to encounter on the morning train from Paddington agrees that it would be nice if our friends from the constabulary were to join us . ’ |
| 2 | From Monday to Thursday every week Milton and Arnold were at home to friends from 5pm to theatre time . |
| 3 | When I was a young girl I and my sisters would get a boat and slip away , visiting friends from island to island . |
| 4 | Having led them to the lagoon entrance , the caller would fly forward to rejoin his body and warn the people of the coming of ‘ our friends from the west ’ . |
| 5 | China continues to open its door wide to the entire world , and friends from around the world are welcome to visit China . |
| 6 | Other friends from the Brighton scene , like rapper DJ and spray assassin Req One , cam later . |
| 7 | And where were my friends from Moscow ? |
| 8 | Those nights of passionate improvisation after she 'd introduced me to her two friends from Peredelkino , the writers ' village . |
| 9 | And after last night 's performance of Hamlet , some of his friends from the theatre had come back with him for an informal reading of their next play . |
| 10 | It was an odd mixture of family and friends from the valleys , senior figures from the Labour Party and odd showbiz hangers-on such as John Mortimer and Stephen Fry . |
| 11 | Eight of his friends from Oswestry are flying to Augusta this week to watch his defence . |
| 12 | The three wanted men were close friends from Armagh , and Duffy and Gorman had been in Derby with Magee for several weeks before Monday 's shooting . |
| 13 | While most residents were in fairly frequent contact with relatives and friends from outside the home , one in five of those who spent all the last twelve months of their lives in a home had either no visitors at all or less than one visit a month . |
| 14 | When I visited the area in 1981 I was regaled with fishermen 's stories of discoloured fish with scabs and other unusual deformities , of boxes of fish removed from the quayside for testing by the authorities , of radiation in seagulls ' eggs , of friends from the same school who had later died unexpectedly of cancer . |
| 15 | Distinguished visitors were invited , including M. Henry Simon , the Minister for the Colonies , and fashionable men and women as well as Modigliani 's friends from Montparnasse . |
| 16 | Those whose company he would have liked , his mother , father , sister or brothers , the friends from his old school , the girl he adored , were all distanced from him . |
| 17 | He called up Mairi Ban and her friends from the clachan , to rehearse the coronach , the song of praise and mourning that would follow his coffin . |
| 18 | We had booked it for Easter in 1962 , along with two friends from Glasgow . |
| 19 | No , I was looking forward to the Open because I 'd been stationed at Formby for my army service and I was anticipating meeting all my old friends from that time . |
| 20 | He formed his first band at the age of 14 with three friends from Moorclose High School : Dave Fielding , Kevin Rosbottom and Chris Seddon . |
| 21 | PLEASED TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS FROM HAREN FOR |
| 22 | But they gave him their support , none the less , and the first issue , containing political reports , original essays , poetry , and reviews , was announced for the beginning of March , the aim of the publication being , as Coleridge modestly explained , ‘ to proclaim the State of the Political Atmosphere , and preserve Freedom and her Friends from the attacks of Robbers and Assassins ! ! ’ |
| 23 | But visitors were welcome as the flowers in May , and many a happy Sunday afternoon swimming party off the Windrush cliffs was enjoyed by all , including the occasional group of Kunio 's student friends from U.B.C. |
| 24 | I was very happy at Emmanuel Church and the University Congregational Society , and it is a joy for my husband Michael and me that we are still in touch with so many friends from CongSoc , and in fact some of us still meet every year for a few days in the Lake District . |
| 25 | Our older daughter was here too , and as the morning progressed , the three bridesmaids all arrived , three friends from schooldays . |
| 26 | Hopefully make contact with friends from the past . |
| 27 | Sometimes an additional flat is vacant for visiting family or friends from a distance who wish to stay overnight . |
| 28 | He will not be free to indulge in his hobbies of gardening , fishing , photography and some gentle camping but promised to go and see his friends from time to time . |
| 29 | They had to be good — not just good but sensational — or she would let everyone down , all those who believed in her — her small workforce of pattern cutters and outworkers , the friends from art school who dropped in to lend their help and support , and most of all her mother , who had put her house up as collateral for the bank loan that had set her up and enabled her to get started . |
| 30 | And did his friends from noble halls |