Example sentences of "he [adj] met [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He first met Colin Chapman , boss of Lotus cars , at Brands Hatch in 1958 who was impressed with the youngster 's driving . |
2 | She invited Nkrumah to breakfast , and he first met Mrs Pandit 's grand-daughter : However , reportedly , Nehru was not amused : ‘ From then on he considered Nkrumah an opportunist of the Sukarno stamp . ’ |
3 | He first met Minton in a top-floor club in Wardour Street and they became firm friends . |
4 | He first met Wordsworth in 1795 and corresponded with him thereafter ; meanwhile he dedicated himself to Left-wing political and religious propaganda , writing and lecturing in provincial towns . |
5 | This was being built between 1831 and 1833 , and it was probably about then that he first met Gilbert Scott . |
6 | He first met Chapman when he played a game for Leeds City in 1917 . |
7 | In a 1975 introduction to his first novel , Jill , Larkin has revealed what his college life in war-time Oxford was like , and how he first met Amis there — an account somewhat amended by Amis in his contribution to Larkin at Sixty ( 1982 ) ; and collections of essays with titles like My Oxford ( 1977 ) and My Cambridge ( 1977 ) have assembled reminiscences of how mind and character were once forged round and about the tender age of twenty . |
8 | It was on a visit to Ulverston that he first met Thomas West , who was working on his historical and topographic work on the area . |
9 | He first met Ms Margaret Maughan , a person and ‘ lifelong fan ’ , in 1967 and they embarked upon ‘ an eight-year affair ’ which culminated in the birth in 1976 of one ‘ James ’ whom Mr Milligan ‘ has never met ’ even though he is said to have ‘ admitted ’ to newspaper reporters : ‘ It 's all true . |
10 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met CBI ( Scotland ) to discuss the role of Scotland in Europe . |
11 | Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he last met representatives of the Wrexham and East Denbighshire water company ; and what matters they discussed . |
12 | To ask the Minister for the Civil Service when he last met representatives of civil service unions to discuss morale and recognition . |
13 | To ask the Minister for the Civil Service when he last met representatives of the civil service unions to discuss the operation of executive agencies . |