Example sentences of "met us [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It was cooler and grey , and a brisk sou'wester spiked with a salty drizzle met us at the crag .
2 Gordon Pill , the farmer , met us at the bottom of the hill .
3 Senior brother , John Isbister , smiling brightly , met us at the pier .
4 My Dad met us at the airport and , of course , the first thing that I wanted to do was to see my younger brother Russell .
5 Mr Trelawney met us at the cave .
6 ‘ A man met us at the door and said his wife Sheila Brown was still in the bungalow .
7 ‘ They 've got no consideration , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke stormed as she met us with a supply of dusters and aerosols and impregnated cloths .
8 Upon arrival , he met us with a hefty stick he had dragged from somewhere , plonked it down , nosed it toward me and waited , tail shifting like a black snake .
9 When she met us off the train in Paris she was living alone .
10 We were invited to Stuart Johnston 's retirement party in the English Department ( Stuart met us off the ship when we first arrived in NZ , in 1969 ) ; but Val did n't make the party as she tripped in a gutter and pulled her ankle ( she got free treatment for it from the doctor , thanks to NZ 's Accident Compensation scheme ! ) .
11 The mayor and civic dignitaries met us in a blaze of colour at Bow Bridge with the usual greetings and pleasantries .
12 When the doors of the huge dining room at the zoo were thrown open we were first in , but a sergeant cook met us in the entrance with : " I want three volunteers for dishwashing — you , you and you , " and marched us away .
13 He met us in the hacienda courtyard dressed in white shirt , white jodhpurs and black riding boots .
14 My brother , then on the staff at Eton , met us in the car .
15 Alec met us in the cobbled streets of Chiguana with an English-speaking doctor .
16 these met us Dad and Mike met us in the pub after .
17 and then er dad and Mike come down in the Sierra and met us in the pub .
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