As an unknown you can't rely on the first, and very likely have no hip London friends or business connections to facilitate the second.

I intend to ask some of my London friends to come down.

For a start, I spent a lot of time on my own, or with London friends.

Jamie has said that we are to have a ball next month, one to which he will invite some of his London friends.

Then one day, he invited his London friends for an impromptu showing.

Did some of your London friends decide to pay you a visit and play pirate?

Not that we could ever hope to match the parties given by your London friends.

Luckily, most of her London friends have indeed turned out to be real.

Livingston asked his London friend to use the information for "our advantage."

You are not changed, for all your grand clothes and your London friends.