Example sentences of "meet [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You say you met my daughter on the train to Boston , that she was running away from home , that she ended up on your doorstep when her brother refused to house her ? ’ |
| 2 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 3 | That morning I met my father on the middle landing of the stairs , and we were alone together for the first time in the holidays . |
| 4 | That was how she met my father in the early years of the war . |
| 5 | Agnes pushed Jessie towards the basin , hissing , ‘ Stay there ! ’ then hurried out of the room to meet her mother in the corridor , the while calling , ‘ I 'm coming . |
| 6 | ‘ To meet her couturier at the Hilton . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that the museums in the former USSR were unable to meet their share of the costs after August 1991 , the exhibition has gone ahead with the support of the Kunsthaus in Zurich , in particular its director Felix Baumann , and with most of the financial risk underwritten by George Ortiz himself . |
| 8 | The next chapter will examine recent issues that are engaging bureau workers in their search to meet their commitment to the community . |
| 9 | The railway companies built stations to accommodate passengers who never materialized , to flatter a vanity which was shortly to meet its fall in the face of both economic recession and the rise of alternative modes of transportation . |
| 10 | But the commune also served a major coercive function since the majority in each village stood to lose should an individual either fail to meet his share of the payments due or take to flight . |
| 11 | Her confidence was coming back now , so that she felt able to meet his gaze across the width of the small table . |
| 12 | he played once more before the Lord 's show-piece and was called six times for throwing in the Hampshire match , but the selectors decided to risk him again in the second Test , where he was to meet his fate at the most famous ground in cricket . |
| 13 | These great leviathans of the air eventually met their demise with the development of British high flying aircraft armed with guns firing incendiary bullets . |
| 14 | That orb of bone , holed and yellowing , was what killed all those little creatures who met their death in the mud on the far side of the creek . |
| 15 | Detectives do not know if she was attacked somewhere else and driven to her death , or met her fate in the lovers ' lane . |
| 16 | Ms Sultana , 34 , met her husband for the first time that day . |
| 17 | She met her aunt for the first time and was invited to spend a holiday with her . |
| 18 | Lady Thatcher often accused her male colleagues of lacking guts … today she met her match in the Lady from Cheltenham . |
| 19 | I shall wish to see records of all dealings since the last formal audit , to ascertain the group 's cash position and to form an opinion of its prospects of meeting its debt to the bank within reasonable time . |
| 20 | Tracey meets her manager in the hall . |
| 21 | She had met her connection in the usual place but the moment the deal was struck they were busted by three plainclothes policemen who had been watching them from an unmarked car on the opposite side of the road . |
| 22 | Remembering how General Steiner had met his end in the Gestapo cellars at Prinz Albrechtstrasse , it seemed likely to Schellenberg that Himmler might have other reasons . |
| 23 | In November 1 172 he had met his father-in-law on the Norman border and it was believed that Louis VII had urged him to demand what was rightfully his . |
| 24 | The Grand Bazaar on 19th–21st November 1891 realised over £6,000 — much more than Agnew had hoped for , and by the end of 1892 , Agnew had met his target for the Building Fund , and work commenced on the new Institute . |
| 25 | 8/Face sketched in lightly , eyes are lowered as is the custom in San'a to be as demure as possible if not a little apprehensive and afraid at the prospect of meeting your husband for the first time on your wedding night . |
| 26 | Therefore we believe that during the plan period , those sites are likely to come forward and make a improved contribution to meeting our share of the Greater York employment needs . |
| 27 | When you meet your teacher for the first time , tell him , or her , as much as you can about why you decided to have lessons . |
| 28 | MEET OUR BRIDE OF THE YEAR |
| 29 | As our seventy fifth birthday approaches , Cadbury hopes to stage more events and promotions to help us meet our seventy five million t pound target and meet our commitment to the world 's children . |
| 30 | He had grown close to Gerry Gomez since the day he had asked if he could meet his sister at the airport , and they now worked together admirably . |