Example sentences of "[noun pl] met [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angela Cooper , prosecuting , said high spirits turned to aggression when the two sets of fans met on the train journey home . |
| 2 | At 8 o'clock on Friday , June 15th , over 30 teenagers met in the church Family Centre for a strange ritual known only to a few as MIDNIGHTICESKATING . |
| 3 | Their eyes met for the space of a long heartbeat , and despite the clean white bandage round the man 's forehead and the strip of plaster on one bruised cheek , Grant felt a surge of rage at the thought that he was face to face with the brutal oriental who had hurt Pam . |
| 4 | Our eyes met in the mirror . |
| 5 | Their eyes met in the mirror above the washstand ; Ruth shook her head . |
| 6 | As our eyes met in the glass , I realized that she was not admiring the flaking stone blocks opposite but using the window as a mirror . |
| 7 | Their eyes met in the glass . |
| 8 | A month later , on January 11th , 1907 , the Bondholders met as the Committee , and the first official Minute was made . |
| 9 | In 1980 , a group of young musicians met in the University for the first rehearsal of what has since become one of the country 's leading brass ensembles . |
| 10 | She winced as long black claws met in the flesh above her elbow . |
| 11 | The outstanding feature of the UK economy in the 1970s and 1980s was the extraordinary setbacks met by the manufacturing sector . |
| 12 | It was founded by Stan Barnet and Sid Dicker and in the early days met behind the grandstand on match days . |
| 13 | UEFA 's executive committee members gathered at a hotel near Zurich airport today shortly after FIFA officials met with the president of the French Football Federation ( FFF ) , Jean Fournet-Fayard , who is also a member of UEFA 's executive . |
| 14 | Under the present system NHS patients have 25pc of their costs met by the Government . |
| 15 | Under the present system NHS patients have 25pc of their costs met by the Government . |
| 16 | High-cost patients would have their higher costs met by the district — patients who cost more than 5,000 a year would have the extra met by the district initially . |
| 17 | Swindon Town are back on the league treadmill at Grimsby tomorrow when the two teams met at the County Ground in November it finished 1-1 . |
| 18 | The two armies met near the village of Osterwald , where , after a long and close fought battle the Orcs were driven from the field . |
| 19 | ON ADVENT Sunday , 29th November , 22 nervous teenager contestants with their families and Catenian organisers met in the lecture theatre of the North Tees Hospital for the first public speaking competition promoted by the Catenian Association in the North East . |
| 20 | After an excessive amount of effort , most of the difficulties met in the application have now been overcome . |
| 21 | Rome police chiefs met after the killing and ordered intensified checks throughout the capital . |
| 22 | About 50 old Somervillians met in the library of the University Women 's Club to be welcomed by the A.S.M. President and brought up to date on Somerville news by the Principal . |
| 23 | Lower Manhattan must have looked confusing to them as several different neighbourhoods met at the end of the island , at Coenties Slip . |
| 24 | On May 5 the leaders of the revueltos met with the Presidency Minister Antonio Lacayo Oyanguren and the former President and leader of the main opposition Sandinista National Liberation Front ( FSLN ) , Daniel Ortega Saavedra . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , their souls met at the weekend in Rick 's Cafe Americain , where men dressed in crisp linen suits drank bourbon beneath whispering ceiling fans under the watchful eye of a Moroccan inspector of police . |
| 26 | Meanwhile in Rio de Janeiro as world leaders met at the Earth Summit , Drummond and colleague Tess Burrows climbed Sugarloaf Mountain to gain publicity for Climb for the World and to highlight the plight of the Rio street children . |
| 27 | Two old friends met in the street . |
| 28 | Their steadying hands met along the seat . |
| 29 | But the eternal and temporal worlds met in the maintenance of rights given to the saints and committed to his guardianship . |
| 30 | In claims for roof damage it is important to be satisfied that the cost of repairs met under the policy is restricted to the area of the roof actually damaged . |