Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately the use of a new gauge led to a simple practical problem — the break of gauge where the broad met the narrow gauge with the consequent need for transshipment of goods and passengers . |
| 2 | On Aug. 7 Greguric met the Prime Minister of the rump Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) , Milan Panic , in Budapest , with the mediation of Hungarian Prime Minister Jozsef Antall . |
| 3 | His concerns are moral and religious , and in certain respects , therefore , although they appear to be out of line with the literary culture of Sidonius and his sixth-century followers , they do look back to the moral response which met the first wave of the barbarian invasions . |
| 4 | Wolsey met the first crisis by ordering the levy of a forced loan . |
| 5 | He then went back to Nigel 's room to see how the women were getting on — and met the first snag in the arrangements . |
| 6 | She flushed as she met the quizzical expression in Helen 's eyes . |
| 7 | I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about . |
| 8 | She met the burning passion of his eyes , and time ceased . |
| 9 | Theda 's eyes met the scorching flame in his as she rose shakily to her feet to face him . |
| 10 | Then Benedict raised his head from where it rested in the wild disorder of her flaming hair , and his gaze met the misty love in the deep grey of her eyes . |
| 11 | Other companies , in sectors where the opportunities for technological change were greater , met the increasing competition by introducing more automation into their production processes . |
| 12 | And as she met the dark gaze of Guido Falcone , her breath caught as though a fist had connected with her solar plexus . |
| 13 | The actual reasons for the popularity ( albeit relatively short-lived ) of the high-rise phase are many : it was architecturally fashionable ; it may have suited municipal prestige ; it answered immediate problems of increasing density as the big cities ran out of building land within their own boundaries ; and it met the spurious argument about saving agricultural land ( mounted by the farming lobby and the Conservative-dominated shire counties ) . |
| 14 | Then she disappeared , until Jane opened the airing cupboard and met the unblinking gaze of Fluff and Titch side by side on the blankets . |
| 15 | Held to coincide with May Day ( celebrated elsewhere in the capital by some 5,000 people ) , the 2,000-strong congress met the violent opposition of left-wingers who protested at the various anti-Semitic , nationalist , conservative Catholic , and free-market views of the participants . |
| 16 | Most of those who met the future candidate on the Sailing Party were struck by his insatiable appetite for debate and a good time . |
| 17 | Her eyes narrowed into hostile slits as she met the cold gaze of her mother-in-law . |
| 18 | The Australian Government met the British request by sending the Royal Australian Air Force 's Dakota transports of 38 Squadron to Malaya , deploying in May 1950 . |
| 19 | I met the middle-aged son-in-law of the man who , a generation ago , had carved the block . |
| 20 | Later the same day he met the Turkish Commander of Ground Forces , Gen. Muhittin Fisunoglu , in Islamabad . |
| 21 | As Lucy moved back out into the passageway , she met the returning tide from the last ensemble number onstage ; they arrived in a rush , panting like horses and shedding their quasi-military costumes as they moved . |
| 22 | The deep voice behind her made her jump and , turning quickly , she met the smiling face of the man who had attracted her attention a short while back . |
| 23 | The low vaulted roof stretched for some forty feet until it met the blank wall at the far end . |
| 24 | Her eyes flashed coldly as they met the blank astonishment in his . |
| 25 | Whenever we cycled to work , or indeed from work , we met the full force of that malevolent wind . |
| 26 | The measure met the qualified support of Labour in Parliament who argued , as always and reasonably enough , that the scheme gave too little . |
| 27 | that some of the material on the computerised systems in question met the statutory definition of records and thus could not be destroyed without the approval of the Archivist . |
| 28 | As she met the clinical look in Penry Vaughan 's eyes she stiffened , the reason for his change of mood suddenly , mortifyingly , obvious . |
| 29 | He met the local Voice of the Innocent group , which represents relatives of the seven men . |
| 30 | Then Stephen beat off two defenders in a run to the line and Dave Groves met the resulting cross with a diving header which was cleared in the goalmouth . |