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The phrase "a friend then" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to someone as a friend at a specific point in time or in a particular situation.
Example: "I didn't know him well at first, but he became a friend then, during our summer camp."
Alternatives: "a friend at that time" or "a friend back then".
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A friend then introduced me to transcendental meditation.
"I had to call a friend; then I started to calm down.
Here is a good game: blindfold a friend, then play them Kelly.
I spent a night there with a friend, then took a train home.
Figes wrote that for helping Stroikov's family a friend then in exile was "rearrested, imprisoned and later shot".
The driver didn't stop, drove another five miles, dropped off a friend, then tossed the arm in a creek.
Should good radio DJs be like a friend then, someone you'd want to go to the pub with?
Figes also claims that for helping Stroikov's family, a friend then in exile was "rearrested, imprisoned and later shot".
Surely, you might argue, if it feels as if George were a friend, then that should be enough.
In the late 1960's he became a client, then a friend, then a co-conspirator of Mr. Sabarsky.
"After three years of separation we played back this stimulus, and if they heard a friend, then they called out in a friendly voice," he said.
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