Example sentences of "[vb past] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Pack met the following week the broken fence had been repaired and the DANGER notice repainted in vivid red , so that no one could miss seeing it . |
| 2 | Unfortunately the use of a new gauge led to a simple practical problem — the break of gauge where the broad met the narrow gauge with the consequent need for transshipment of goods and passengers . |
| 3 | There it was again : that feeling of being mesmerised as obediently she met the ice-blue gaze which devoured her . |
| 4 | Another official visitor was Barend du Plessis , the Finance Minister , while Helen Suzman , the best known of all the critics of the system in South Africa , met the Prime Minister a week ago . |
| 5 | A delegation of five Conservative MPs yesterday met the Prime Minister and left Downing Street convinced they had made ‘ enormous progress ’ in persuading Mrs Thatcher to make a one-off ex-gratia payment to the victims . |
| 6 | After a lengthy discussion with the Foreign Minister , Mr Qian Qichen , they met the Prime Minister , Mr Li Peng , and the Communist Party leader , Mr Jiang Zemin . |
| 7 | Disgusted by the latest battle between the quarrelsome politicians , he met the prime minister , Nawaz Sharif , and the president , Ghulam Ishaq Khan , separately on May 31st and told them to make peace or else . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | WHAT a moving picture ( right ) of Kerry Needham when she met the blond boy who was not her son . |
| 11 | His concerns are moral and religious , and in certain respects , therefore , although they appear to be out of line with the literary culture of Sidonius and his sixth-century followers , they do look back to the moral response which met the first wave of the barbarian invasions . |
| 12 | Wolsey met the first crisis by ordering the levy of a forced loan . |
| 13 | He then went back to Nigel 's room to see how the women were getting on — and met the first snag in the arrangements . |
| 14 | ‘ Er , we met the other day . |
| 15 | Gregson met the other man 's gaze and pulled a small photograph from the inside pocket of his jacket . |
| 16 | After 100 miraculous kilometres we met the other bus returning to Francistown . |
| 17 | My father met the poor creature , who fled at his approach . |
| 18 | The can chair was then put in and where the dark plants in the garden met the paler grass . |
| 19 | He met the new left , was sometimes intrigued by it , but it was a different , and largely incomprehensible , world . |
| 20 | She flushed as she met the quizzical expression in Helen 's eyes . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Coming back from the pillar box at the end of Charteris Road , Nurse Rose met the Private Wing sister . |
| 23 | I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about . |
| 24 | As Daphne said this there flashed into Cecilia 's mind that conversation with Tina , that terrible thing Tina had said , and another thought , one that seemed to swim up out of the deep waters of her unconscious , the idea that she , Cecilia Darne , yes , she , had once long ago met the right girl , and here was that right girl talking to her now of something , oh , so akin to what Tina meant … |
| 25 | " I know you 're a faggot and everything but I 'll tell you what the problem is : you just never met the right guy . |
| 26 | I never met the right woman . |
| 27 | She met the burning passion of his eyes , and time ceased . |
| 28 | Theda 's eyes met the scorching flame in his as she rose shakily to her feet to face him . |
| 29 | Then Benedict raised his head from where it rested in the wild disorder of her flaming hair , and his gaze met the misty love in the deep grey of her eyes . |
| 30 | On death row in San Quentin , California , Maureen Timmins for the first time met the convicted murderer she 's convinced is innocent . |