Example sentences of "greet her [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she stepped from the car he had greeted her with careful formality and his manner had remained stiff and impersonal as they began the ride ; but she sensed a tension in him too and knew intuitively that it was not a lack of interest that kept his gaze averted from her . |
| 2 | She had n't expected him to greet her with ecstatic joy — his emotions were n't extreme like Lowell 's thankfully — but neither had she expected a degree of embarrassment . |
| 3 | Myra greeted her with suppressed excitement and Claudia wished she could feel even a little of the same anticipation . |
| 4 | At last she reached Broom House and rushed into the surgery , where Helen greeted her with evident relief . |
| 5 | Jack Owen was a sturdy , pleasant-looking man who greeted her in friendly fashion , though there was a hint of embarrassment in his manner . |
| 6 | Then Francis turned and greeted her in perfect English . |
| 7 | Though he greeted her in good English , he looked curiously ill at ease , his brown eyes repeatedly sliding away from hers . |
| 8 | And as she pushed open the west door Miss Danziger was met by the scent of fennel , the six-foot stems of which towered over her from a huge stoneware pot , very different from the musty scent of piety that greeted her in English country churches . |