Example sentences of "meet [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , the consumer called the tune and the operators who prospered were those who best identified the needs of the consumers and met them at the right price . |
| 2 | And then I met someone from the Kaplan galleries which showed thinking bishops in their robes such as you see in the windows of the galleries in St James'/ The gallery had just taken on a new director and were proposing to show modern art — people like Tinguely and Marcelle Cahn who at that time were n't known . |
| 3 | What is more , we have sought to identify areas of disability that in the past have not had the attention that they deserve , and to meet them with the new benefits . |
| 4 | Their phone call came to my home in Hampstead inviting me to come to Toronto to meet them on the following Sunday . |
| 5 | Hewett despatched Charlton around the outside of the inn to meet them at the outside door , while he and the landlord hurried through to the tap room . |
| 6 | ‘ I persuaded her once or twice to meet me at the ruined tower . |
| 7 | It was a pleasure to meet you at the Scottish Taxi Federation exhibition at Riccarton last week . |
| 8 | As well as receiving your letters , we like to meet you at the Royal Show , reader workshops and garden visits . |
| 9 | Much to his surprise , he found Burn was already staying there but ‘ laid up with a severe illness ’ , so he arranged to meet him on the following Monday . |
| 10 | We arranged to meet him on the early train at Skipton the next day and off he went to his bog . |
| 11 | They were ranked to meet him in the misty rain , every soul from castle and clachan , fidgeting and nervous , and in front of them all Marion Aluinn , eager to break the tense silence , lovely in her excitement . |
| 12 | I arranged to meet her in the tiny port at Tala-Tala where she was waiting for me . |
| 13 | He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone . |
| 14 | ‘ Look here : that was in broad daylight over a single strand of wire , not under fire from any machine guns , and with no patrolling goon with a gun to meet us on the other side . |
| 15 | Our footsteps echoed as though there were other people walking to meet us from the far end . |
| 16 | If you have a problem with a friend , partner , child , colleague or neighbour , try meeting them on the inner planes before discussing the issue with them in person : |
| 17 | ALAN Healsey 's wife meets him at the back door of their home every night with a dressing gown . |
| 18 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
| 19 | Joe Longthorne is an abundantly talented performer and on first meeting him during the early days of his success I was struck by his lack of conceit . |
| 20 | Reagan was shown a picture of Calero meeting him in the Oval Office ; he did not know who he was . |
| 21 | ‘ Our people have met him in the social life of the arts world . |
| 22 | I asked the villagers if they had seen him and Mr Natchet , the postman , said he had met him by the front gate when delivering letters about a month ago . |
| 23 | As your daughter met none of the published criteria the panel , in balancing the stipulation of the above-stated section of the Act against your parental preferences felt unable to uphold your appeal . |
| 24 | As your daughter met none of the published criteria the panel felt unable to override the stipulation of the Act . |
| 25 | ‘ He would either go with the victims or meet them at the Macro warehouse in North Acton . |
| 26 | Clydebank make a practice of discomfiting clubs from the higher division when they meet them on the claustrophobic confines of their own pitch , as last season 's finalists , Airdrie , discovered when they were knocked out after a third-round replay . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll meet you at the National Gallery at ten o'clock . ’ |
| 28 | Christine I said we 'd meet her by the baked beans so |
| 29 | ‘ Hopefully we 'll meet him in the Premier League next season . ’ |
| 30 | Frequently they would meet us at the Sunday-school gate , and we would go for a walk before tea . |