21.   Only the weather was ominous - the usual generous gestures of support received from congregation and friends were heartwarming.

22.   Sometimes a sympathetic friend can be a constant source of discouragement, all unknowingly.

23.   Sprawled on the floor with hands and feet tied and sticking plaster over his mouth was my friend Toby.

24.   Susan, your friends are here.

25.   That friend of yours is no good.

26.   The other friends were all Parisian except for a young couple, Rumanians living in Paris, distant relations of Teodor.

27.   There was little talk of a very personal nature, although Hurd sensed her friend was sometimes troubled.

28.   They were friends of his, real estate developers with no expertise whatsoever in media, much less multimedia.

29.   This was a bitter disappointment to Oliver, but his new friends were still as kind to him as ever.

30.   Was it possible her friend had been matchmaking - her stepbrother and her best friend?