Example sentences of "[pers pn] were met [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were met on the platform by an old man with a barrow selling coffee and sandwiches . |
| 2 | ( There ) ‘ we were met by the Viscount Walsh ( Chamberlain of the Emperor ) who led us to the apartment of the Baroness de Pierres ( ex Miss Thorne of New York ) who is now a lady-in-waiting to the Empress ’ . |
| 3 | We were met by the director and , over several late night drinks , we discussed the big day ahead . |
| 4 | When the philosopher-agronomists advocated new crops and new methods they were met with the excuse so often given to Cavanilles on his tour of Aragon , ‘ We do as our fathers do . ’ |
| 5 | They were met at the front door by a delirious spaniel , who clearly had no idea of funeral decorum , and they proceeded into the front room , where Bill Clough switched on a bulging orangey imitation-coal electric fire , and then went to a horrible drinks cabinet — all plastic and flashing lights . |
| 6 | She did mind , though , and , as they were met at the emergency entrance with a wheeled stretcher-bed for Faye and a paged message for Tom summoning him to the renal unit to attend urgently to another patient , her concern for Faye 's condition battled for priority in her thoughts with painful images of Marise Wyspianski glowing in the magic aura of Tom 's kiss , and of Tom himself , at the wheel of the Mercedes just moments ago , staring so grimly into the Christmas Eve traffic . |
| 7 | At an ensuing press conference , they were met by the African National Congress representative to the United Nations , Tebogo Mafole , who had flown from New York to welcome them . |
| 8 | The official thanksgiving , held on 7 September , saw an elaborate civic ritual in London , with the Queen , the Court , and the great officers of state processing through the streets from St James to Temple Bar in great pomp and splendour , where they were met by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen who then escorted the royal cavalcade to St Paul 's . |