1.   All of them were vaguely connected by work, or school, or mutual friends.

2.   He did not say so, but I presumed that a mutual friend had told him about my separation and divorce.

3.   It was enough to have discovered one true mutual friend whose testimony could be relied upon.

4.   She was a staunch Methodist and a great admirer of our mutual friend Edna Jacques, of whom we often spoke.

5.   The couple were introduced to each other by a mutual friend.

6.   We met through mutual friends a couple months ago, and we see each other most weekends.

7.   We only learnt about their divorce second-hand from some mutual friends.

8.   Yes, he must have, though l had no word from mutual friends or my parents or sister.

9.   Jill is a mutual friend of ours.

10.   We were introduced by a mutual friend.