Example sentences of "met the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had met the press at a cocktail party and had stood there answering impertinent questions with disconcerting honesty , a glass of ginger ale in one hand and a canapé in the other ; when he could not immediately think of an answer he nibbled the canapé and viewed the questioner with cold button eyes . |
| 2 | ‘ Already we have met the Turf Club who decide these matters , ’ Iain said , ‘ and we have objected in the strongest possible terms to these dates being so close . |
| 3 | She told the National Enquirer that she had met the prince just months before the Duchess of York was snapped in intimate poses in the South of France with American financial adviser John Bryan , 37 . |
| 4 | We have had many meetings on that , and the miners ' parliamentary group has met the chairman of British Coal several times . |
| 5 | Sairellen herself had met the constable on her doorstep and kept him there , her arms folded across her impassive chest , her eyes like chips of granite . |
| 6 | The Board has met the deficit entirely from its own resources and has had to budget , as I 've said , a continuing deficit into the current financial year . |
| 7 | I 've never met the bloke . ’ |
| 8 | Their local women 's group had met the day after the public meeting , and Sheila and Annie had had a fierce argument ; Sheila had been enthusiastic , Annie icy and antagonistic to the idea of wages for housework . |
| 9 | But she simply ignored him as she always had and began to practise with the yellow-haired vibrancer who 'd been with Jeopardy in Mandru 's salon on the morning Lucien had met the master . |
| 10 | He 's never met the Champ and I 've always wanted him to . |
| 11 | I have met the assassin who was on top of the cupboard ! ) |
| 12 | For example , in answer 4 we did not say ‘ Mr and Mrs Smith will keep their home nice and clean ’ for by whose standards would we judge them to have met the goal ? |
| 13 | Mr. Blacker said that council officers who had met the committee were aware of problems in the area . |
| 14 | Up to now , the Government , rather than the UN , has met the cost of the 3,000-strong British contingent and the UN presence could go on for years , he said . |
| 15 | In Victoria I have met the girl of my dreams . ’ |
| 16 | ( For the record , he claims never to have met the girl linked with him in a recent Sunday supplement expose . ) |
| 17 | fuck you you know , I mean , he 'd never even met the girl before , he said it 's very you know distressful and demoralizing |
| 18 | ‘ You 've met The Hound before , have n't you ? ’ |
| 19 | Being in rude good health , he has n't actually met the GP in question . |
| 20 | Det Insp Brian Welfare , of Sussex CID , said that he had met the university 's residential advisers to alert them to the risk to other students . |
| 21 | The Federation itself had met the union 's national officials and treated them with courtesy . |
| 22 | You 've met the type before . |
| 23 | I have n't met the type of Magistrate who enjoys sending anybody to prison . |
| 24 | It was clear he had met the boy already . |
| 25 | But , I then , subsequently met the chappie in charge of Social Services outside the school ! |
| 26 | ‘ I 've only met the princess once , ’ she said . |
| 27 | He said he had met the man , whose bona fides he had checked . |
| 28 | He said he had met the man , whose bona fides he had checked , in a Belfast hotel , and had been told his group held 64 separate documents relating to IRA suspects in the Irish Republic . |
| 29 | ‘ I had never met the man , but a friend had given him my number in case he could help me with my research , ’ says Lynsey . |
| 30 | I 've never met the man … and I 've no wish to . ’ |