Example sentences of "[was/were] meet [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One o'clock was agreed as the deadline when Mrs Wijsmüller and another refugee worker , Gertrud van Tijn , were to meet at the American Hotel to decide on their next move . |
| 2 | We were met on the platform by an old man with a barrow selling coffee and sandwiches . |
| 3 | A month later my parents were met on the open plain outside Addis Ababa by Lord Herbert Hervey and a deputation of Abyssinian notables who escorted them to the Legation , at some distance to the east of the town , in an extensive compound at the foot of the Entoto hills . |
| 4 | But my request — at three information points — for a Disabled Visitor 's Guide were met with a Gallic shrug and an emphatic ‘ Non ’ . |
| 5 | As a result they were met with a 45-minute barrage of gunfire . |
| 6 | In early December Lancaster attempted to negotiate with the court by sending Ralph Basset and William de Clinton with proposals for a settlement , but they were met with a firm refusal by Edward , who told Lancaster that he should not attempt to bargain with his king . |
| 7 | Some officers broke ranks and were met with a volley of stones . |
| 8 | But the first graphic details , serialised for ‘ a lot of money ’ before the book is published , were met with a mixture of curious interest , sadness and a dose of suspicion about the ‘ English ’ paper 's motive . |
| 9 | Sunday , 14th : Flew with British Council English Studies Officers and to Jaipur , where we were met with a posy of flowers at the airport by my host and ex-student , , organizer of the Workshop on Communicative Grammar . |
| 10 | However , certain phrases in the notes such as ‘ this condom is intended to inform ’ were met with the charge that the campaign was wasteful and expensive . |
| 11 | When the philosopher-agronomists advocated new crops and new methods they were met with the excuse so often given to Cavanilles on his tour of Aragon , ‘ We do as our fathers do . ’ |
| 12 | She and her husband were met at the station by a small open carriage which took them to the palace . |
| 13 | They were met at the front door by a delirious spaniel , who clearly had no idea of funeral decorum , and they proceeded into the front room , where Bill Clough switched on a bulging orangey imitation-coal electric fire , and then went to a horrible drinks cabinet — all plastic and flashing lights . |
| 14 | She did mind , though , and , as they were met at the emergency entrance with a wheeled stretcher-bed for Faye and a paged message for Tom summoning him to the renal unit to attend urgently to another patient , her concern for Faye 's condition battled for priority in her thoughts with painful images of Marise Wyspianski glowing in the magic aura of Tom 's kiss , and of Tom himself , at the wheel of the Mercedes just moments ago , staring so grimly into the Christmas Eve traffic . |
| 15 | Further Sikh demands were met at the end of December when the Lok Sabha approved the repeal of a constitutional amendment adopted by the previous Lok Sabha in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 ] allowing the declaration of a state of emergency in Punjab . |
| 16 | On 21 February 1987 , the Colemans were met off the plane at Larnaca airport by Special Agent Dany Habib , Hurley 's number two at DEA Nicosia . |
| 17 | At 8am police officers , accompanying prison staff , tried to enter the centre but were met by a hail of stones . |
| 18 | Returning to camp several days later with twelve horses laden with meat , they were met by a warrior named Two Moons , who announced that the war had started . |
| 19 | There they were met by a cordon of police , standing in front of a barrier of police tenders . |
| 20 | No coherent explanation was given as to why demonstrators , running away from the confrontation at one end of Duke Street , were met by a line of police barring their way at the other . |
| 21 | At Ferryquay Gate they were met by a blockade of loyalists which was being addressed by Bunting . |
| 22 | ‘ We could see the house was on fire so Mark kicked down the door but we were met by a wall of flames , ’ said Mr Wynne . |
| 23 | If they needed further proof of their belief that they were on the right track , they were given it when they went to arrest Griffiths and were met by a hail of bullets ; after a chase in which Griffiths killed one man and wounded others , he was shot dead while resisting arrest . |
| 24 | Questions about his infatuation with the bar owner 's wife were met by a stony stare . |
| 25 | Somewhere past Pontino , the last village she remembers seeing , they were told to turn into a narrow lane where they were met by a small truck . |
| 26 | At the village of Al Mansuriyah , below the escarpment of the Jabal Hamrin , as the sun climbed , they were met by a jeep . |
| 27 | At 0840hrs the second wave of enemy aircraft were met by a hail of gunfire from the ships , three went down immediately . |
| 28 | Finally , the aspirations of the Greeks of Crete were met by a Turkish promise at last to put into force constitutional reforms announced ten years before . |
| 29 | You have probably experienced smiling at someone you know closely followed by embarrassment , surprise and rejection when they did not recognise you , and instead of receiving the expected smile in return you were met by a blank stare . |
| 30 | There they were met by a force mustered from local people by Archbishop Melton , Bishop Hotham of Ely ( who was chancellor of the realm ) , the dean of York , and the abbots of York and Selby . |