Example sentences of "[noun] met [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison met him in the same bar . |
| 2 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 3 | Victoria met her in the hall , saying , ‘ You look frozen . |
| 4 | Mr Trelawney met us at the cave . |
| 5 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 6 | Almost as if he sensed her watching him , his eyes met hers across the pool . |
| 7 | Lillee met him at the gate and escorted him to the middle . |
| 8 | Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs . |
| 9 | Jane met him at the front door . |
| 10 | It was cooler and grey , and a brisk sou'wester spiked with a salty drizzle met us at the crag . |
| 11 | Pesaro met him in the yard . |
| 12 | Rich and Syb met me at the station . |
| 13 | " Mr Lee met her outside the church , " she said slowly . |
| 14 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 15 | A small , brown-haired woman met him at the door , surrounded by a group of noisy , dirty children who eyed Corbett boldly , then ran to hide and giggle behind their mother 's skirts . |
| 16 | My father met me in the kitchen . |
| 17 | these met us Dad and Mike met us in the pub after . |
| 18 | Belinda met him in the front hall on his way to his sister 's room , and as expected he raised questioning eyebrows . |
| 19 | When she came back , Phyllis and Peter met her at the back door . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Moran who had been watching as anxiously as the two girls met him at the wooden gate . |
| 22 | As your daughter met none of the published criteria the panel , in balancing the stipulation of the above-stated section of the Act against your parental preferences felt unable to uphold your appeal . |
| 23 | As your daughter met none of the published criteria the panel felt unable to override the stipulation of the Act . |
| 24 | ‘ A man met us at the door and said his wife Sheila Brown was still in the bungalow . |
| 25 | Silly-Willie met her in the hall , he came from the farthest door ; his step was as fast and light as his dancing . |
| 26 | After Maltote was rested Corbett and Ranulf met him in the hall . |
| 27 | Guy met her on the threshold , only just managing to avoid knocking her over . |
| 28 | Guy met you on the road ? ’ he queried delicately , with obvious caution . |
| 29 | 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 ! ) . |
| 30 | Alec met us in the cobbled streets of Chiguana with an English-speaking doctor . |