Example sentences of "[adv] meet [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 2 | Heady stuff , and to reject it outright with a condescending intellectual leer would have felt like a return trip down the chute into futility ; but now , with the radio offering a bleaker view of things , I was less certain why I 'd agreed so eagerly to meet him in the library of the Hall this morning . |
| 3 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
| 4 | Daniel Marsh usually met him at the station , but today Nahum was early . |
| 5 | ‘ It did our heads in a bit , freaked us out just for the fact that everybody who 's ever met us in the business knows exactly how we are . |
| 6 | Although Rob , affectionately known as Mr Brora , has retired , you might still meet him in the shop that bears his name , now run by Colin Taylor , another well-respected and well-liked Brora angler . |
| 7 | But even before the farmers had come up to the market someone had probably met them at the station , because each dealer had a tout — a local man . |
| 8 | They will also meet you at the train stations . |
| 9 | I knew the farmer who was hiding him , Signor Merli , because I had often met him in the bank , and I knew he was a very honest and reliable man who would never betray anybody . |
| 10 | We sometimes met her in the street on her way from classes , and she always stopped to talk to us . |
| 11 | ‘ I persuaded her once or twice to meet me at the ruined tower . |
| 12 | I 'll have to get Roberto , my hairdresser , and his manicurist to virtually meet me off the plane . ’ |
| 13 | Thomas was two years younger than I and I never met him till the year I left St. Paul 's School ( 1894 ) . |
| 14 | As for the personal appearances , many viewers are actually meeting you in the flesh for the first time . |