Example sentences of "[noun pl] met [prep] the [noun] " 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 | West European nations met in the US to haggle over a new joint programme of research at the LOFT ( loss of fluid-test ) reactor in Idaho . |
| 9 | A month later , on January 11th , 1907 , the Bondholders met as the Committee , and the first official Minute was made . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | More than 170 delegates representing almost all opposition groups met under the auspices of the Iraqi National Congress ( INC ) in Salahuddin , northern Iraq , on Oct. 27-31 to adopt a strategy aimed at overthrowing the Saddam Hussein regime . |
| 12 | No less than three UIA work groups met in the UK last year — the Public Health group met in London at the time of the International Hospital Federation conference ; the Region 1 Habitat group met in Birmingham ; and the Architecture in Primary Schools group 2 as associated with the successful BET event in Cambridge . |
| 13 | She winced as long black claws met in the flesh above her elbow . |
| 14 | The outstanding feature of the UK economy in the 1970s and 1980s was the extraordinary setbacks met by the manufacturing sector . |
| 15 | In 1891 , a group of fern enthusiasts met in the Lake District at the height of the ‘ fern craze ’ . |
| 16 | It was founded by Stan Barnet and Sid Dicker and in the early days met behind the grandstand on match days . |
| 17 | ON Sunday , February 23rd , 1992 , a group of young , single Catholics met at the RE Centre in Headingley , Leeds to form the 18–30 group of the Association of Single Catholics . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Under the present system NHS patients have 25pc of their costs met by the Government . |
| 20 | Under the present system NHS patients have 25pc of their costs met by the Government . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The two armies met near the village of Osterwald , where , after a long and close fought battle the Orcs were driven from the field . |
| 24 | Delegates met at the Durham Dales Centre to discuss developing enterprise by making use of locally-offered fax , copying and word-processing services . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | After an excessive amount of effort , most of the difficulties met in the application have now been overcome . |
| 27 | In May 1948 numerous European political figures met at the Hague and called for the creation of a European parliament as well as an economic union . |
| 28 | Tommy Taylor , of TT Construction , and Ernie Matthews , of RPM windows and conservatories , forked out the £250-odd they had donated for the trophies and there was no harder match than when the two sponsors met in the semi-finals of the over 40s . |
| 29 | Rome police chiefs met after the killing and ordered intensified checks throughout the capital . |
| 30 | 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 . |