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i hope we can is my friends is the most popular phrase on the web.

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Well, Antoine, as I hope we'll be friends. I hope we are the best of friend, are we? So, if you move here, I hope we can be friends, but I love Ben. I hope we'll remain friends after what I tell you. I hope your friend is a good bartender. I hope we're still friends after I taser you. I hope we can be friends. Then I hope we may be friends.	I hope my friends in the Italian Government agree with this fundamental principle of the European Union. Then I hope we may be friends. I hope we're still friends after I taser you. I hope my friends have been treating you well. I hope we can be friends. My real name is Reginald, but my friends call me Munch. I hope we can be friends, too. I hope my friends see it that way. I hope you're my friend. I love to have handsome gentlemen be my friends.

i hope we are friends

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i hope we can is my friends

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I hope my friends in the Italian Government agree with this fundamental principle of the European Union.
Then I hope we may be friends.
I hope we're still friends after I taser you.
I hope my friends have been treating you well.
I hope we can be friends.
My real name is Reginald, but my friends call me Munch. I hope we can be friends, too.
I hope my friends see it that way.
I hope you're my friend. I love to have handsome gentlemen be my friends.