Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] met [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Their eyes met in the mirror above the washstand ; Ruth shook her head .
3 Their eyes met in the glass .
4 Under the present system NHS patients have 25pc of their costs met by the Government .
5 Under the present system NHS patients have 25pc of their costs met by the Government .
6 Nevertheless , their souls met at the weekend in Rick 's Cafe Americain , where men dressed in crisp linen suits drank bourbon beneath whispering ceiling fans under the watchful eye of a Moroccan inspector of police .
7 Her eyebrows met over the bridge of her nose .
8 The constitution had provided for such an alternative — the Cabinet Council in which ministers met without the president under the chairmanship of the prime minister .
9 His creditors met on the 28th and they read a letter from their debtor telling them the law was an enemy he could not conquer .
10 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 .
11 Our eyes met in the mirror .
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