Example sentences of "[pers pn] are met [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | When the steamboat touches the pier , you are met by a throng of canvassers from the hotels and private lodging-house keepers , and not a few of the holiday residents , who look out eagerly , in the hope of mayhap meeting friend or acquaintance or notable traveller . |
2 | In August it was remarked in the Commons that , ‘ Wherever you go now in every constituency you are met by the aged people and their organizations . ’ |
3 | I.e. you are met by one or two leading comrades of the commune and taken into a biggish reception room with tables , cigarettes and cups of tea ( these are big cups with lids , in which the tea is brewed — and girls in pigtails normally come round and replenish your cup with hot water from time to time ) . |
4 | Michael Farrell of the Young Socialists said that the protest was over housing , gerrymandering and discrimination : ‘ We are met by police with batons in their hands . |
5 | We are met by one of the directors of the firm who takes us to a showroom for coffee . |
6 | The fully robed civic dignitaries walk in procession , led by the sergeant-at-mace , from the town hall in the market square to the cathedral , where they are met by the dean . |
7 | In other parts of the world , the same needs arise but they are met by different structures . |