Example sentences of "[verb] be friends for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'd been friends for 30 years but ‘ discovered ’ each other when Misia became a widow . |
| 2 | They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long . |
| 3 | They had been friends for eight long years , and now they had reached the parting of the ways . |
| 4 | They had been friends for two years , best friends Jessica might have said , with her formal , respectable private education in County Down , but some of their actions and their attitudes were miles apart , centuries , planets . |
| 5 | After all , they 've been friends for sixteen years , and have worked together for eleven of them … |
| 6 | Funnyman Eddie Large , who lives just a few miles away from The Price Is Right star , said : ‘ We 've been friends for 20 years and he 's one of the nicest men I know . |
| 7 | He and I have been friends for many years , so it may have helped that I was there to give him some confidence in the project . |
| 8 | They have worked together and have been friends for some time . |
| 9 | He and Botham have been friends for 20 years , and Chris says : ‘ He is a walking miracle . |