Example sentences of "[adv] met the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had just not met the right woman before I met you that night . |
| 2 | It is not surprising that this controversial Directive has not met the 1993 deadline , which the UK , centre of the European art market , says will drive the trade to the US , Switzerland or elsewhere . |
| 3 | Fresh dolphin meat , however , has not met the same opposition , because it has been marketed under the name of chancho marino , or ‘ sea pig ’ . |
| 4 | Bissett had once met the gaunt technician from A45 who had apparently received through a faulty glove a particle of plutonium the size of a pinhead and whose body had been cremated six months later before there could be an inquest . |
| 5 | ‘ Maybe you have n't met the right man yet . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe you have n't met the right kind of lady , ’ Merrill murmured . |
| 7 | I have n't met the little brat yet , but she 'll know about it when I do . |
| 8 | I and my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian ( Mr. Eadie ) have twice met the new chairman of British Coal . |
| 9 | And I know I have n't yet met the right person . |
| 10 | Because you 've never met the right woman … she wanted to say . |