Example sentences of "[conj] i met [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 3 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 4 | I would n't have known him if I met him in the street . |
| 5 | ‘ Until I met him in the flesh . |
| 6 | Then I nearly fell over when Hywel walked in because I met him on the mountain and he gave me the eye . ’ |
| 7 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
| 8 | When I met them after the game and asked them what they thought , they said the highlight was listening to the girl behind them telling her mate that if Batty did n't start playing better then she 'd have to start denying him sex ! ! ! |
| 9 | When I met her at the airport after she flew in to London from Los Angeles recently , I caught my breath when I saw her because she just looked so lovely . |
| 10 | ‘ My name is Lockwood , ’ I said , when I met him at the gate to his house . |
| 11 | But it explained the 100-franc note I 'd seen at Ma Scamp 's and , come to think of it , the wad of francs I 'd spotted in Bill Stubbly 's wallet when I met him in the bank . |
| 12 | When I met you on the road to Hay last night , I almost thought you had put a spell on my horse ! |