Example sentences of "[noun] met [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angela Cooper , prosecuting , said high spirits turned to aggression when the two sets of fans met on the train journey home . |
| 2 | In September of 1921 , the International Law Association ( ILA ) , an English based private association met in The Hague , Netherlands and drafted a set of voluntary rules to govern some of the main aspects of ocean carriage liability . |
| 3 | At 8 o'clock on Friday , June 15th , over 30 teenagers met in the church Family Centre for a strange ritual known only to a few as MIDNIGHTICESKATING . |
| 4 | Their eyes met for the space of a long heartbeat , and despite the clean white bandage round the man 's forehead and the strip of plaster on one bruised cheek , Grant felt a surge of rage at the thought that he was face to face with the brutal oriental who had hurt Pam . |
| 5 | Our eyes met in the mirror . |
| 6 | Their eyes met in the mirror above the washstand ; Ruth shook her head . |
| 7 | As our eyes met in the glass , I realized that she was not admiring the flaking stone blocks opposite but using the window as a mirror . |
| 8 | Their eyes met in the glass . |
| 9 | West European nations met in the US to haggle over a new joint programme of research at the LOFT ( loss of fluid-test ) reactor in Idaho . |
| 10 | Members of the board met at the weekend in Berlin to discuss Harvestehudur 's request for a postponement in order to compete in the Glenfiddich . |
| 11 | Situated in a more middle-class neighbourhood , the branch met in the offices of a local solicitor . |
| 12 | Parliament met at the nunnery outside the English-occupied town , and on 7 July agreed with the French commander and envoy , the seigneur d'Essé , that ‘ the ancient bond , confederation and amity standing between the realm of France and this country ’ was the best chance against ‘ the mortal wars , cruelties , depredations and intolerable injuries done by our old enemies of England ’ . |
| 13 | A month later , on January 11th , 1907 , the Bondholders met as the Committee , and the first official Minute was made . |
| 14 | In 1980 , a group of young musicians met in the University for the first rehearsal of what has since become one of the country 's leading brass ensembles . |
| 15 | More than 170 delegates representing almost all opposition groups met under the auspices of the Iraqi National Congress ( INC ) in Salahuddin , northern Iraq , on Oct. 27-31 to adopt a strategy aimed at overthrowing the Saddam Hussein regime . |
| 16 | No less than three UIA work groups met in the UK last year — the Public Health group met in London at the time of the International Hospital Federation conference ; the Region 1 Habitat group met in Birmingham ; and the Architecture in Primary Schools group 2 as associated with the successful BET event in Cambridge . |
| 17 | She winced as long black claws met in the flesh above her elbow . |
| 18 | Last week the directors of two London boroughs facing a huge burden through the loss of funding met with the Health Secretary 's special policy adviser . |
| 19 | The outstanding feature of the UK economy in the 1970s and 1980s was the extraordinary setbacks met by the manufacturing sector . |
| 20 | The Fourth Council met at the Shrine of Asuryan and chose Caradryel of Yvresse , who was as different from Caledor II as night from day . |
| 21 | When the full County Council met at the end of January the County Manager proposed the Council should commission An Foras Forbartha ( AFF ) to undertake a study of the issue . |
| 22 | The committee met at the Swan Inn on March 11th 1803 and recommended the appointments of : |
| 23 | The medical examining committee met at the Crown & Anchor tavern up to 31 July 1809 and thereafter at the Freemasons ' tavern until at least 1821 . |
| 24 | The executive of the 1922 Committee met at the home of its chairman , Edward du Cann , on October 14 , and decided to press for a leadership election . |
| 25 | The Cabinet 's Social Security Committee met in the Downing Street Cabinet room for the first time on Wednesday 6 February 1985 . |
| 26 | In 1891 , a group of fern enthusiasts met in the Lake District at the height of the ‘ fern craze ’ . |
| 27 | So to New York , where the world of women 's tennis met for the Virginia Slims Championships to a background of political ferment , following my disclosure in The Daily Telegraph , that , like the men three years earlier , the women — or at least the WTA board — felt they were also ready to declare UDI . |
| 28 | It was founded by Stan Barnet and Sid Dicker and in the early days met behind the grandstand on match days . |
| 29 | The group met by the patriarchs would have been amongst earlier settlements of Aegean traders . |
| 30 | ON Sunday , February 23rd , 1992 , a group of young , single Catholics met at the RE Centre in Headingley , Leeds to form the 18–30 group of the Association of Single Catholics . |