Example sentences of "friends [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His many friends within and the Ipswich area will miss him . |
| 2 | He 's got friends somewhere , I expect . ’ |
| 3 | Compeyson plots against Pip and Magwitch but Pip and his friends eventually try to get Magwitch on a ship which will take him abroad . |
| 4 | She was dimly aware that she had been treating her friends badly . |
| 5 | Because it would be divisive — and therefore counterproductive to her husband 's work — to make close friends locally , a rural clergyman 's wife can suffer acute loneliness . |
| 6 | It is pretty safe to conclude that the bats really were biased in favour of feeding old friends rather than strangers from a different cave . |
| 7 | Their lips met again as Diana presented Charles with a polo trophy — but it was the kiss of friends rather than lovers . |
| 8 | The proportions for middle-class people were 6 per cent and 9 per cent respectively ; among the middle-class respondents it was much more common to share with friends rather than relatives after leaving the parental home . |
| 9 | Horses groom their particular friends rather than just any old herd-mate — it 's a sign of special bonding and probably reinforces the bond . |
| 10 | ‘ But then I would n't ; I did n't know many of the medical team — they were Jennifer 's friends rather than mine . ’ |
| 11 | Should I say anything to him about the way I feel , or are my friends right and should I try to forget about him ? |
| 12 | Some of my friends right , as soon as they come started bundling right ? |
| 13 | Well we did have a few of your funny friends on afterwards saying do you know this man is he he he is er got the best in parties . |
| 14 | Jahsaxa 's friends politely praised hir appearance , asking flattering questions in soft voices , always smiling . |
| 15 | Her social life was not outstanding , but , having the reverse of her brother 's outgoing personality , she preferred to make friends slowly . |
| 16 | The house , in 1980 , would be worth , their friends enviously muttered , perhaps a million , perhaps more . |
| 17 | His child-like enjoyment of the new equipment and gadgetry he came to be able to afford in later life gave warmly affectionate amusement to his friends especially when they found him camping in his own front garden in the latest tent and sleeping bag , or were asked to take him , when he was stone-blind from glaucoma , to the locations of his favourite plants to photograph them with an auto-focus camera . |
| 18 | The unusually confrontational rhetoric suggests that Mao was perhaps less than correct when , 40 years ago yesterday , he announced to Tiananmen : ‘ The Chinese people have stood up … we have friends all over the world . ’ |
| 19 | Suggestions are asked for from the family and friends all over the village . |
| 20 | He is also a veteran radio ham with like-minded friends all over the world . |
| 21 | After one sign of good faith the magic was supposed to work , the hostages out , friends all round ; but somehow 500 TOWs was not enough , 1,000 TOWs was not enough , a big shipment of Hawk parts was not enough . |
| 22 | I was even more impressed by the great German conductor Dr Otto Klemperer , whose understanding heart and musicianship won him friends all over the world . |
| 23 | We now have friends all over the country and I often think about the elderly disabled chap who would n't accept help to lift his canoe at portages or the young white faced girl who would n't give up though exhausted . |
| 24 | While most people might be familiar with throwing out mouldy bread and mouldy cheese , like my friends all around me , I was continually having to throw out mouldy furniture , clothes and toys and found myself having to choose between feeding my hungry children or hungry fuel meters which kept demanding more and more money . |
| 25 | Oh you saw er you 'd seen this because er you had friends all over , I mean , the fact that you went to did n't er tt get rid of all your friends . |
| 26 | The work that began for me then , with friends all over South Africa , led up to the Pretoria Conference last Easter , 1974 . |
| 27 | This must go up on the wall ! ’ and stick his latest painting up with Sellotape alongside the daubs by the mentally handicapped group she had played for at Christmas , and the postcards from her friends all over the world . |
| 28 | No-one very serious about anyone else , just a crowd of friends all having a good time , walking up the mountain on a lovely day , drinking the spring water and having a picnic . |
| 29 | Yesterday , at the railway embankment , he and a group of friends all reckoned to know the two youths who abducted two-year-old James . |
| 30 | For instance , if you were kept hostage in Iraq with someone whom you thought would never be your type of friend , you may end up being the best of friends all because you have shared the same problems and experiences . |