Example sentences of "friend and [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually he and Cora-Beth had grown close again until suddenly , at Christmas , he had realized what an indispensable friend and companion she was . |
| 2 | Five months later I have a friend and companion who will never be sold or replaced ; a friend who knows more about Clare than anyone else . |
| 3 | She adored celebrities and hoped to meet Picasso through Jacob , a close friend and admirer who had even shared a bed with Picasso in the painter 's early years . |
| 4 | Dorothy alone remained a still centre , and when in January 1795 Wordsworth was left £900 in the will of Raisley Calvert , a young friend and admirer who had died of tuberculosis , there seemed nothing further to prevent them from realizing their hopes of a life together . |
| 5 | For the decisive reassertion of these claims , we must wait for Nietzsche , Wagner 's young friend and admirer who , like Wagner himself , had the deepest respect for Schopenhauer 's ideas , but , unlike the composer , also possessed the capacity to reappraise those ideas and challenge them . |
| 6 | He next became assistant refinery manager and was then promoted to general manager over the head of a friend and colleague who was ten years older . |
| 7 | Picasso worked from a photograph he had taken of his friend and dealer who recorded that Picasso nevertheless demanded some twenty sittings . |
| 8 | And he smiles as he talks of the best friend and rival who accompanied him on those weekend trips . |
| 9 | It was as satisfactory an interview as I have conducted in that , it being entirely non-controversial , question and answer flowed without interruption or the need for retakes ; and in her assessment of Airey Neave both as friend and politician she seemed entirely relaxed . |
| 10 | It really should n't work , but the wretched book is so irresistible that I devoured it in a day , fighting off friends and strangers who fell on it like vultures on a carcass the moment it was cast aside with a happy sigh . ’ |
| 11 | Entries in the Liber Vitae of Thorney Abbey , a record of the names of church friends and benefactors which survives in a hand of c.1100 , seem to confirm this . |
| 12 | I asked innumerable friends and acquaintances which was their favourite house in England ; almost invariably their choice was built between these dates . |
| 13 | Their royal nextdoor neighbours simply fitted in to a social landscape of friends and acquaintances who included the children of the Queen 's land agent , Charles and Alexandra Loyd , the local vicar 's daughter Penelope Ashton , and William and Annabel Fox , whose mother Carol was Diana 's godmother . |
| 14 | He will bring with him over 20 dogs from the London tracks , supplied by friends and contacts he made while head lad to Hackney trainer David Vowles . |
| 15 | Thereafter , children will be taught by parents , relations , friends and teachers what is expected of them , and what is considered to be appropriate and inappropriate behaviour . |
| 16 | This may well be more economic in ‘ costs ’ to the GP budget or DHA involved , but could well create considerable extra cost for the person and his or her family , both in terms of travelling to and from hospital and in loss of support from friends and relatives who may not be able to visit . |
| 17 | She has been a delight from the beginning , not only to us , but to all the friends and relatives who have met her . |
| 18 | FINANCIAL gifts could be the answer for friends and relatives who 've got everything this Christmas . |
| 19 | FINANCIAL gifts could be the answer for friends and relatives who 've got everything this Christmas . |
| 20 | FINANCIAL gifts could be the answer for friends and relatives who 've got everything this Christmas . |
| 21 | It may be that friends and relatives who are less affected by the death of the family member , could give some special attention to the children who are wanting to be comforted and to be told what is going on . |
| 22 | Some people have been surprised and relieved to discover that HIV has been suspected by friends and relatives who have been anxious to help , yet afraid to ask . |
| 23 | I have several friends and relatives who are in that position , two who have been left by a husband and it 's absolutely not ideal for a child but compensation can be made by a loving relationship with extended family . |
| 24 | Small boats came out to the liner , some bearing vendors of coconuts and bananas , others containing friends and relatives who shouted up names to the rail . |
| 25 | If an asylum claim that is not justified under the United Nations convention is to be the means of obtaining settlement in the United Kingdom , we need at the very least to explain , particularly to the minority communities legitimately settled here , why their friends and relatives who would like to come and join them are not allowed to do so because they told the truth when they made their applications , whereas others who are prepared to make an unfounded asylum claim can remain indefinitely . |
| 26 | Scum fans are getting to cocky , unfortunatly I have a few friends and relatives who have not yet seen the light , They think they are unbeatable at the moment and could do the domestic treble . |
| 27 | As he left the dock he waved to friends and relatives who were in the public gallery . |
| 28 | The victorious pensioners were backed by friends and relatives who 'd collected at least fifteen thousand signatures for a series of petitions . |
| 29 | Thus , given that there might come a time when forces were available for deployment in the Middle East , it made sense for American diplomats to encourage what friends and allies they could to hold the line in the interval . |
| 30 | This may be defined as care provided by family , friends and neighbours which is not organized via a statutory or voluntary agency and is not undertaken for financial reward . |