The explanation may well lie with our old friend the national accounting rules.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
My public-speaking voice is an old friend.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
As a matter of fact, ACC McLaughlin's an old friend of mine.
Peter Robinson AFTERMATH (2001)
The fact that she was an old friend was such an amazing coincidence.
The Sun (2008)
An old friend saved my bacon by warning me not to attempt to return from Australia without first opening a bank account.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)