But this job had been assigned to me, and we had become friends, that employee and I, and I was unsettled at the prospect.

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"I just graduated from high school and we had just become friends, " she says.

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If you find me, I'll buy you a coffee and we'll become friends.

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As brands continue to become increasingly interactive with their consumers, we will expect that they become not only our friends but also our role models for social change.

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Morrissey said it bluntly in his cheeky song, We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful.

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In the case of Secretaries Rice and Clinton, I've not only been on speaking terms with these two formidable women, we've also become cherished colleagues and good friends.

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"My friends, we have a chance to become Big Publishing's worst nightmare, " King says on his website.

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We have some wonderful supporters in Leicester who have become firm friends over the years and they can rest assured that their generosity continues to help people in difficulty at sea.

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Eventually we noticed that hawker centres have become some kind of social gathering place where family and friends come.

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Lindsey and I have been friends for some time, but over the last few months we have become very close and are now dating.

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