1.   As the train drew out our dear friends on the platform blew kisses, shed tears and waved their handkerchiefs.

2.   But posting a bond would be risky even for a dear friend.

3.   Had she been a man, his dear friend Aspasia could have filled the bill.

4.   He was a dear friend to many and will be greatly and sadly missed.

5.   That evening - still numb - a new but already dear friend, Gabby, telephoned to hear the verdict.

6.   Marcia had referred to him as a dear friend.

7.   Mrs Cavendish is a dear friend of mine.

8.   We met an attractive woman from Moscow, and we fast became friends and it was she who invited us into the home of some dear friends of hers.

9.   Dear friends, comradely greetings to your annual conference from the African National Congress.

10.   The list included two acquaintances and one very dear friend of mine.