Example sentences of "he had met a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had met a jewel and he snapped her up . |
| 2 | He would say he had met a friend at the wine bar and gone on somewhere and found it too late to get back . |
| 3 | Then , just before the accident , he had met a girl whose looks reminded him of Diana . |
| 4 | Duckworth recounted how in Palestine he had met a scribe whose craftsmanship had weakened with age and so was only permitted to make copies of the ‘ writings ’ a part of the O.T . |
| 5 | He explained he had met a woman who was ideally suited to be a farmer 's wife , who went to church regularly , who was honest , sensitive , intelligent , graceful , pure a snow , and extremely beautiful . |
| 6 | He reported that he had met a survivor from the heroic days , an ancient Indian hag , he said , bald as a vulture and wizened as a walnut , with one black tooth left in her head . |
| 7 | Earlier that year he had met a merchant from London who had money to spare and was looking for a likely speculation and Harry , being in the right place at the right time for once , had sold him the idea of investing in a privateering cruise to the Americas . |