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So many friends. is the most popular phrase on the web.

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A very lot of friends.

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So many friends.

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Mr. Vanderhof, you're a very lucky man to have so many friends.
It's just so lovely that Richard has so many friends.
It's hard for me to keep track sometimes, because he has so many friends.
You're going to make so many friends.
This is a wild crowd. I didn't know you guys had so many friends.
Everyone around me ends up dead, and my sunny disposition makes me so many friends.
It's a miracle that you have so many friends.
Doc, I didn't know you had so many friends.