Example sentences of "[verb] met [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am aware he has met on a number of occasions with our members , and he was instrumental in selecting a team , which met with the General Secretary of USDAW who said that they had had a er a er reasonable meeting with him . |
| 2 | As Demetrius said , ‘ There is no man unhappy as one who has met with no adversity . ’ |
| 3 | I am afraid it has met with a cool response from our colleagues , and in view of this , I am sorry to say that we will not be taking up your offer to publish . |
| 4 | In many cases where a request has been made , it has met with a flat refusal . |
| 5 | Recently , some Zambian churches have combined to produce the weekly Zambia Mirror , which has met with a degree of success . |
| 6 | Describing it variously as a lark and a spree , The Times was satisfied that although ‘ genteel ruffianism has met with a very decisive rebuff ’ , the Cremorne affair was nothing more than something done ‘ on the impulse of the moment , and out of pure love of mischief ’ . |
| 7 | Generally speaking , however , family planning has met with a hostile reception . |
| 8 | The Citywatch project — which its organisers say must have private as well as public cash — has met with a mixed response from the city 's business community . |
| 9 | The first essential for a disciple is that he ( or she ) has met with the Lord and has chosen to follow Him . |
| 10 | The action , however , has met with the disapproval of Wirral planning authority , which views the wire as visually intrusive in the park environment . |
| 11 | ‘ One of the workers has met with an accident , ’ was all she said . |
| 12 | If you roll a double on the 2D6 roll then the Fanatic has met with an accident , wrapping the chain around his neck , or perhaps his heart just gives out and he collapses to the ground . |
| 13 | This notion , that gender inequality is thus almost irrelevant for mainstream sociological theorizing , has met with an onslaught of criticism by writers who have argued that it is inappropriate to take the family as the unit of analysis in such a way . |
| 14 | After some confusion over the ordering , Haverford gave them a lengthy account of his love affair with one of a pair of identical twins whom he 'd met at a Red Mole party in 1965 . |
| 15 | And Jim went out and got drunk in Invercargill with a man he 'd met at the last A&P show , Bill McKirdy , and he stayed with Bill that night to sleep it off . |
| 16 | Either he was dead straight , or else he was the sharpest operator-bar none , including the guy she 'd met on a singles ' holiday who 'd almost managed to convince her that he was on his final fling with only ninety days left to live — that she had ever encountered . |
| 17 | Paul Richardson was the first person they 'd met on the island who was prepared to work as long and as hard as they did . |
| 18 | of anything he 'd met on the seven seas . |
| 19 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 20 | It was an astonishing thing for a wife to say about her husband to a woman she 'd met for the first time . |
| 21 | A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up |
| 22 | He visited them in Egypt , accompanied by a girl he 'd met in a bar , who proved to be a lesbian . |
| 23 | I was in a fever of vicarious excitement , looking at street plans of Florence and trying to remember the name of a boy I 'd met in the Boboli Gardens in 1961 , but friends and relations were wanting to know whether I had really vetted the family , whether I 'd like to hear a selection of au pair horror stories , and whether I 'd made good any gaps in my daughter 's domestic skills . |
| 24 | There could 've been something there , someone I 'd met in the past that might open another door . ’ |
| 25 | Suddenly I was back in the presence of the unpredictable figure I 'd met in the library at Easterness that first night , and as uncertain now as then . |
| 26 | In 1788 , his published proposals for forming a veterinary school here having met with no success , Vial married an English lady ‘ of great accomplishments ’ , and returned to Paris with her , his knowledge of the English language no doubt showing some improvement as time passed . |
| 27 | We should n't have met at the apartment . |
| 28 | Aware that his intended , ‘ I , sir ? ’ would have met with the invariable bark , ‘ Yes , you , sir , ’ Thiercelin contented himself with looking staggered , which he was . |
| 29 | She halfexpected to find Griselda 's body , guessing that it might have met with the same fate as Melusina . |
| 30 | The organizers were rarely charged in court , probably because such a prosecution would have met with an unpleasant response . |