Example sentences of "they [vb past] met [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Paul Richardson was the first person they 'd met on the island who was prepared to work as long and as hard as they did . |
2 | Indeed , she had respected Angela Morgan for the straightforwardness with which she had tackled the issue when they had met at the lawyer 's office . |
3 | When they had met at the pub , and boasted of the ease of the despatch of the packet that Michael Holly would carry , he had never thought of a moment such as this . |
4 | But her natural good manners got the better of her and she found herself saying ‘ good evening ’ and reminding Penelope that they had met at the vicarage . |
5 | They had met at the close mouth as she was inserting her key into the heavy outer door . |
6 | From the first day on , when they had met on the wide steps of the strange school , they had loved one another until the last , when they left this school , never to see one another again ; and they never knew that their friendship was love , their love passion . |
7 | They had met during the early months of the war at the home of Woodcock 's uncle , the Midland Bank manager Fred Elt who , though respectably employed , was something of a Bohemian in his fondness for mistresses and for paintings . |