Example sentences of "met on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ernest and he had met on the golf links and both shared a love of collecting antiques . |
| 2 | As a result , the Committee met on the 3rd tee in December and finally decided to raise it a foot all over and to put up a viewing platform on the right hand side . |
| 3 | We had met on the previous Wednesday , to discuss business matters . |
| 4 | On the return journey from Fairbanks to Edmonton I enjoyed a two-day stopover in Whitehorse where the manager of the new cinema , whom I had met on the way north , looked me up . |
| 5 | If she had n't approached me first I doubt I should have recognised her , she was so different from the plump , fresh-faced girl whom I had met on the train that January morning more than three years ago . |
| 6 | ‘ I read in the paper the other day that two people had met on the steps of St Paul 's Cathedral after fifty years or something . |
| 7 | From the first day on , when they had met on the wide steps of the strange school , they had loved one another until the last , when they left this school , never to see one another again ; and they never knew that their friendship was love , their love passion . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Dad and Eva could discuss the most trivial things , like the nature of the people Dad met on the train , for hours , until I had to shout at them , ‘ What the fuck are you talking about ! ’ |
| 10 | The dominion status declaration was made in October 1929 and met on the Congress side by what amounted to a demand that it take immediate effect . |
| 11 | McQueen was accompanied on location by Ali MacGraw , whom he had met on The Getaway , and whose presence he admitted saved him from going round the bend . |
| 12 | Now there was longing and bitterness in his voice and she caught a glimpse of the man she had met on the boat . |
| 13 | No sooner had they arrived in Bermuda than there was the stern challenge of the Irish to be met on the field , a barbecue to be arranged , the All Black cabaret act to be sorted out , the necessary mopeds to be booked , and the '91 brew of the ‘ Dark and Stormy ’ to be tested . |
| 14 | We were met on the platform by an old man with a barrow selling coffee and sandwiches . |
| 15 | He was met on the platform in the early hours of the morning by Minton and Henrietta , both looking very ill and both clutching bottles of whisky . |
| 16 | Thus alerted , a sub-committee of the North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association met on the following morning and resolved that the danger could only be met by " a central organization of owners for the purpose of protecting their interests against the unreasonable demands and actions of trade unions or combinations affecting such interests " . |
| 17 | He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham . |
| 18 | Paul Richardson was the first person they 'd met on the island who was prepared to work as long and as hard as they did . |
| 19 | With his gruff , Cockney drawl and lack of pretentiousness , he was the first person he had met on the production side of TV London who was not part of the middle-class mafia , and who seemed relaxed and at ease with himself . |
| 20 | It is a long way to Talisker , and there are fewer beasts to be met on the river than on the land these days . |
| 21 | The essence of the assembly was that 1,000 Rhodesians ( including a number of opinion-leaders ) of all shade of skin and opinion , met on the basis of finding God 's plan and destiny for their country — and conferred with men and women from other countries whose experience could help them . |
| 22 | A month later my parents were met on the open plain outside Addis Ababa by Lord Herbert Hervey and a deputation of Abyssinian notables who escorted them to the Legation , at some distance to the east of the town , in an extensive compound at the foot of the Entoto hills . |
| 23 | When these principles are implemented , the amount of total demand met on the vertical part of short-run marginal cost curves will depend on the level of total capacity . |
| 24 | of anything he 'd met on the seven seas . |
| 25 | Four weeks later , the two men met on the country estate of the Conde de la Ruiseñada , Don Juan 's representative in Spain . |
| 26 | Robert recognized him now : it was the restaurant-owner he had met on the day he had brought home Hasan — Mr Khan . |
| 27 | In the cold dawn , with the wind pushing them so that they could hardly face each other , the King and his wife met on the slope above the battered hall . |
| 28 | The National Administrative Council met on the following weekend to discuss the situation which had arisen . |
| 29 | Angela Cooper , prosecuting , said high spirits turned to aggression when the two sets of fans met on the train journey home . |
| 30 | Well it 's we nearly met on the lounge |