Example sentences of "[verb] meet [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone .
2 ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole .
3 Our footsteps echoed as though there were other people walking to meet us from the far end .
4 I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’
5 And you 'll be pleased to know that Frank Dobson has agreed to meet us on the fourteenth of June and we will make sure , to the best of our effort , that that policy will be endorsed .
6 They were ranked to meet him in the misty rain , every soul from castle and clachan , fidgeting and nervous , and in front of them all Marion Aluinn , eager to break the tense silence , lovely in her excitement .
7 We arranged to meet him on the early train at Skipton the next day and off he went to his bog .
8 Much to his surprise , he found Burn was already staying there but ‘ laid up with a severe illness ’ , so he arranged to meet him on the following Monday .
9 I arranged to meet her in the tiny port at Tala-Tala where she was waiting for me .
10 As well as receiving your letters , we like to meet you at the Royal Show , reader workshops and garden visits .
11 If you have a problem with a friend , partner , child , colleague or neighbour , try meeting them on the inner planes before discussing the issue with them in person :
12 ‘ He claims to have met him for the first time at the Windorah ; it 's a bar frequented mainly by foreigners .
13 ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time .
14 Shannon had met him for the first time when he 'd arrived to film the pilot episode , and her dislike for the golden Adonis had been instant .
15 I asked the villagers if they had seen him and Mr Natchet , the postman , said he had met him by the front gate when delivering letters about a month ago .
16 ‘ Why did you agree to meet her in the first place ? ’
17 ‘ Our people have met him in the social life of the arts world .
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