I was for both of them a friend of long standing, somebody that they trusted without question.

Several friends of long standing said they did not know her given name.

With him was an older man who was a friend of long standing.

The man was a good friend of long standing, but Kirk felt as though he'd been betrayed, if only just a little.

A loyal friend of long standing who always gave his best effort.

As a friend of long standing, Charlotte was impossible to refuse.

A friend of fairly long standing though not one with whom I was on terms of great intimacy.

At 85, he has permitted himself to cut back, but still sweeps into the operating room when friends or patients of long standing insist.

It had been explained by Modesty that he was neither husband nor partner, simply a close friend of long standing.

"I've been waiting for you to come up here and lead me down," the man said, as if they were friends of long standing.