Example sentences of "[noun] to meet [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Office tells us that he arranged for his sister to meet him in a nearby wood and to bring with her two of her over-dresses , one white and one grey , and his father 's rainhood . |
| 2 | It was a great pleasure to meet you at the Conference in Lisbon and to talk about your proposal for an introduction to CALL . |
| 3 | It was a pleasure to meet you at the Scottish Taxi Federation exhibition at Riccarton last week . |
| 4 | It is always a pleasure to meet you in the field and I appreciate your commitment to creating a better housing business and providing greater satisfaction for our customers . |
| 5 | John and his team have already extracted considerable concessions from the Inland Revenue , which means that the majority of us will be able to continue as before , i.e. we will be able to satisfy the Inland Revenue that the majority of priests do not have the liability to tax on their income from the Church , without the need for the Inland Revenue to meet us on an individual basis . |
| 6 | Some girls I knew had arranged for their two penfriends to meet me at the Gare du Nord and , somehow , we recognised one another . |
| 7 | ‘ At first , yes , and he often summoned the Queen to meet him across the Forth , but in the weeks before he died , his visits became less frequent . |
| 8 | Hewett despatched Charlton around the outside of the inn to meet them at the outside door , while he and the landlord hurried through to the tap room . |
| 9 | On Sunday , after leaving my suitcase with the hall porter who was to see that it was in the Land Rover to meet me after the shooting , I enjoyed brunch in the Gleneagles restaurant sitting at the same table as the Princess Royal . |
| 10 | The fact that the Prime Minister of Great Britain had twice flown to Germany to intercede with him , and on the third occasion had hurried across Europe with the heads of the French and Italian Governments to meet him at the shortest possible notice , constituted a personal triumph for Hitler . |
| 11 | It is pointed out in Washington that the President made a special point of ensuring that Mr Major was the first European leader to meet him in the White House . |
| 12 | Georgiades had asked Owen to meet him at a donkey-vous beside the Ezbekiya Gardens . |
| 13 | ‘ There will be no great welcome back here for the tour party — the only people to meet them at the airport will be their wives , ’ he said bitterly . |
| 14 | When we arrived it seemed such a friendly place , there would be 2 or 3 people to meet you at the gates and welcome you in . |
| 15 | The man at the top leaves go once you 've got it well resting on the ladder and he runs down the stairs to meet you at the bottom by which time you 've got to the bottom rung , he comes takes one side of the wardrobe , you take the other and that 's all there is to it . |
| 16 | Their phone call came to my home in Hampstead inviting me to come to Toronto to meet them on the following Sunday . |
| 17 | He also told you to ask Sir Charles to meet you at the moor gate . |
| 18 | He told the reporter , who was driven blindfold to meet him at a secret location , that gangsters doused one of his two sons with petrol and threatened to kill them both if he did not co-operate in the theft . |
| 19 | The next day Mr Foggerty told the four boys to meet him at the Town baths after school . |
| 20 | Athelstan rubbed his chin with the palm of his hand and remembered he 'd promised Benedicta to meet her at the Fleet prison where Simon the carpenter would spend his last evening on earth . |
| 21 | ‘ Look here : that was in broad daylight over a single strand of wire , not under fire from any machine guns , and with no patrolling goon with a gun to meet us on the other side . |
| 22 | He invited you up the pitch to meet him on the drive . |
| 23 | But I was anxious to see Mr Rochester , who had been away on business , so I ran out of the quiet house to meet him on the road . |
| 24 | Colin and John wish to thank White 's Electronics for the posters , key-rings and badges they supplied and Denise Rushton , who not only let them have exhibition space free of charge , but also travelled from Leicester to Telford to meet them on the day . |