Example sentences of "and [noun] met [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last time Oxford and Swindon met in January , the fog was coming down but the quality of the football was clear to see . |
| 2 | Amid tight security the Presidents of the United States , Colombia , Peru and Bolivia met in the Colombian Caribbean resort of Cartagena and signed on Feb. 15 the Cartagena Declaration , pledging their governments to intensify and co-ordinate efforts to curb the consumption , production and trafficking of cocaine . |
| 3 | On 17 September Bevin and Acheson met in the State Department ; Acheson stated that the American government had decided it was necessary to proceed with a peace treaty within the near future . |
| 4 | I mean , me and Will met in Carter Lane … ’ |
| 5 | Spontaneity was given organised form on 11 October when antislavery delegates from Bath , Bristol , Exeter , Gloucester , Taunton , Devizes and Westbury met at Bath and resolved to work for the end of apprenticeship by August 1838 . |
| 6 | That night , Ted and Jim met in the local pub to discuss the situation . |
| 7 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 8 | Russell and Ellen met on Guy Fawkes night many moons ago . |
| 9 | Two years ago the 41year-old received a similar amount when his former teams of Liverpool and Arsenal met for a testimonial match . |
| 10 | Leaders of Poland , Czechoslovakia and Hungary met at Visegrad in Hungary on February 15th to promote co-operation on these issues . |
| 11 | On Sept. 26 de Klerk and Mandela met in Johannesburg to ratify the agreement negotiated between Meyer and Ramaphosa , which was encapsulated in a " Record of Understanding " . |
| 12 | Senior officials from India and Pakistan met in New Delhi on Nov. 5-6 for the fifth round of talks on the Sir Creek border dispute relating to the demarcation of maritime boundaries in the Great Rann of Kutch [ see pp. 38153 ; 38533 ] . |
| 13 | The Economy Ministers of Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras and Nicaragua met in Tegucigalpa , the capital of Honduras , on Aug. 1 . |
| 14 | On 3 August , Roberts and Cross met with Lawrence but he only said that the lorry story was ‘ hearsay ’ . |
| 15 | Wearing a smart , grey check suit Mrs Davies explained how she and Gilfoyle met at the Murrayfield Hospital where she was employed as a food service assistant . |
| 16 | And just six hours after Chris and Heather met for the first time they had decided to get married . |
| 17 | The Health Ministers of Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Cuba , Ecuador , Peru , Venezuela and Spain met in the Bolivian city of Sucre on April 20-23 to discuss possible joint action to stem the cholera epidemic which first broke out in Peru in late January [ see p. 38002 ] , and had since spread into neighbouring Brazil , Colombia , Chile and Ecuador ( but not as yet into Bolivia or Venezuela ) . |
| 18 | Leaders of four Central Asian states and Kazakhstan met in Bishkek ( Kirgizstan ) on April 22-23 . |
| 19 | Leaders of four Central Asian states and Kazakhstan met in Bishkek ( Kirgizstan ) on April 22-23 . |
| 20 | The Soviet Union was declared defunct on Dec. 8 , when the leaders of the Slav republics of Byelarus , Russia , and Ukraine met near Minsk ( Byelarus ) . |
| 21 | On this day : Peterborough Cathedral was consecrated , 1238 ; Miles Coverdale 's translation of the Bible was published , 1535 ; William Smith founded the Boys Brigade , Glasgow 1883 ; the first public escalator was opened , Earl 's Court underground station 1911 ; Hitler and Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass , 1940 ; the USSR launched Sputnik 1 , the world 's first artificial satellite , 1957 ; the first transatlantic passenger jet service started operating , 1958 ; USSR 's Lunik III , took the first close-up pictures of the moon , 1959 ; Pope Paul VI visited New York , the first pope to visit America , 1965 . |
| 22 | A confidant of Owen Oyston , the Lancashire businessman who owns the Miss World beauty competition business , said that Knighton and Oyston met at Manchester City 's Maine Road ground last Saturday . |
| 23 | Not long after this , Lewis and Williams met in London , as they continued to do at irregular intervals for the next three years . |
| 24 | That night the King and Wallis met at a small restaurant in Piccadilly . |
| 25 | The leaders of 28 Indian tribes from the USA and Canada met in Utah on March 24 to sign an Indigenous Nations Treaty which pledged mutual assistance in the event of an attack upon an individual tribe 's traditions , culture or government . |
| 26 | Refining ideas which Ruskin had been the first to promulgate , ( Sir ) Robert Hunter , Octavia Hill , and Rawnsley met in the offices of the Commons Preservation Society on 16 November 1893 and founded the organization which , eight months later , was inaugurated under the presidency of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor , first Duke of Westminster [ q.v. ] , as the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty . |
| 27 | KEVIN KEEGAN and I made all the headlines for being sent off and throwing our shirts down last time Leeds and Liverpool met in the Charity Shield . |
| 28 | The Presidents of Burundi , Rwanda and Zaïre met on Jan. 4 in Mbandaka , north-western Zaïre , to discuss the problems of border controls and refugees , following the December flight of Hutu refugees from Burundi into Rwanda and Zaïre . |
| 29 | The heads of state of Cameroon , Congo , Gabon and Zaïre met in Kinshasa , the capital of Zaïre , on Feb. 7 , noting that the Angolan situation had become " alarming " ; all four governments were members of the eight-country group charged with overseeing the Gbadolite peace process [ see pp. 36726 ; 36885 ] . |
| 30 | In 1963 Miles and Haynes met for the first time , in Edinburgh . |