Example sentences of "[noun prp] met the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1764 Angelica Kauffman met the German art lover Joachim Winkelmann , She painted his portrait , showing him casually dressed , holding a quill , seated over an open writing book . |
| 2 | Baker met the senior Mongolian party and government leaders : Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat , the Chairman of the People 's Great Hural Presidium ; Sharavyn Gungaadorj , the Chairman of the Council of Ministers ; Foreign Minister Tserenpilyn Gombosuren ; and the general secretary of the MPRP , Gombojavyn Ochirbat . |
| 3 | The visit completes a number of exchanges which began after General Yazov met the former US Defence Secretary , Frank Carlucci , in Switzerland last year . |
| 4 | Wolsey met the first crisis by ordering the levy of a forced loan . |
| 5 | It was in the rose gardens that Annie McCafferty met the young ex-boxer one fine , crisp morning when the buds were appearing and trees were coming into leaf . |
| 6 | Rising from his kneeling position , Chuck met the anxious eyes of the others grouped around him . |
| 7 | Canosa met the Russian Foreign Minister , Andrei Kozyrev , and claimed on Dec. 27 that the Russian government intended to end Cuba 's lifeline of economic subsidies and to speed up the withdrawal of Russian troops as part of its new policy towards Cuba . |
| 8 | On Oct. 25 Genscher met the Russian Foreign Minister , Andrei Kozyrev , and on Oct. 26 President Gorbachev and the Soviet Foreign Minister , Boris Pankin . |
| 9 | Curtis met the younger man 's eye and held it . |
| 10 | President Blaise Compaore met the general secretaries of 42 political groupings on Jan. 7 for discussions preliminary to convening of a National Reconciliation Forum . |
| 11 | Then Stephen beat off two defenders in a run to the line and Dave Groves met the resulting cross with a diving header which was cleared in the goalmouth . |
| 12 | On a visit to Beijing on Jan. 18-23 , Deputy Premier Jan Janowski met the Chinese Premier Li Peng . |
| 13 | The assembly of the Khans met the same afternoon . |
| 14 | President Ion Iliescu met the Soviet Moldavian president , Mircea Snegur , in Bucharest on June 20 , when the two agreed to prepare a political treaty on relations between the two Romanian-speaking Moldavian cultures . |
| 15 | Gregson met the other man 's gaze and pulled a small photograph from the inside pocket of his jacket . |
| 16 | After a weekend of uproar over reports that the Government intended to by-pass Parliament if defeated on the Maastricht bill and ratify the treaty anyway , Mr Hurd met the Prime Minister , John Major , the Leader in the Lords , John Wakeham , and the Chief Whip , Richard Ryder , at Downing Street yesterday morning . |
| 17 | Mr Hamilton met the three widows — Mrs Lennox , Mrs Elizabeth Weeks and Mrs Lyn Hicks — at the MoD in January when he indicated a compromise could be reached . |
| 18 | Yeltsin met the prospective Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton on June 18 . |
| 19 | One day Mr Bumble met the local undertaker , Mr Sowerberry , outside the workhouse . |
| 20 | Franz-Joseph met the Imperial couple , accompanied by his wife the Empress Elizabeth , and there followed the usual round of banquets , receptions and country excursions . |
| 21 | In Barcelona to attend the closing ceremony of the 1992 Olympic Games [ see p. 39073 ] , Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov met the exiled former King of Bulgaria , Simeon II , for a " relaxed private conversation " on Aug. 10 . |
| 22 | In April 1805 at Low Wood Green met the celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Young , who entertained him highly with their singing . |
| 23 | On Aug. 7 Greguric met the Prime Minister of the rump Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) , Milan Panic , in Budapest , with the mediation of Hungarian Prime Minister Jozsef Antall . |
| 24 | Britain angered Iran when Mr Rushdie met the Foreign Office minister , Douglas Hogg , on 4 February , his first public meeting with a British Government minister in four years . |
| 25 | During his visit to Spain on Feb. 5-6 , Nastase met the Spanish Prime Minister , Felipe González Márquez , and signed agreements on bilateral co-operation in various fields with Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernández Ordóñez . |
| 26 | Rostov met the accusing eyes squarely , then he shrugged . |
| 27 | But Ciaran Fitzgerald and manager Noel Murphy met the four provincial coaches recently , and a closer rapport has been devised . |