Example sentences of "meet [prep] [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But when the Assembly met for its first session on 5 January 1918 it immediately became clear that a majority of the deputies were hostile to the government and the Assembly was forcibly disbanded .
2 The 12th People 's Great Hural , members of which had been elected in the country 's first multiparty elections held in July [ see p. 37656 ] , met for its first session on Sept. 3-11 .
3 I had become quite skilled with harees , that glutinous porridge of lamb and cracked wheat which I had met at my first meal bedu style .
4 Unless there is a cock-up against Costa Rica , who they meet in their first match , Andy Roxburgh 's team should reach the second phase .
5 Now comfortably ensconced in Barham with his fiancée , Diane , a Brummie belle whom he met on his first tour here four years ago , he says he is enjoying himself , even if those impenetrable Lee van Cleef eyes and inscrutable countenance give precious little away .
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