Example sentences of "[noun] had met [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when their eyes had met across the packed ballroom , for a fleeting instant the crowd had ceased to exist . |
| 2 | He had raised his glass civilly enough in recognition of Vernon 's presence whenever their eyes had met across the floral displays , and he had always been very effusive if they chanced to meet in the queue for the cloakroom or on the pavement outside the State Restaurant , but he had held his distance in mixed company , had never introduced him , for instance , to Mrs Harcourt . |
| 3 | In Albania , Panic had met with the Albanian Prime Minister Aleksander Meksi , the first such visit by a Yugoslav leader to Tirana since 1948 . |
| 4 | This was the first time in the 47 years of its history that the UN had met at the top level . |
| 5 | The dangerous logic of events was leading to a predictable conclusion , though Sarah and Coleridge had met for the first time only nine days before and were of fundamentally different temperaments , she sharp-tongued , humorous and practical , he procrastinating and visionary . |
| 6 | It was a generous and bubbling woman called Meg who lived in a caravan and whom Lee had met through the Labour Party and liked enormously . |
| 7 | On Aug. 11 President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt had met with the Libyan leadership . |