Example sentences of "had meet [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 A young man in an immaculate dark blue suit took over from the young woman who had met them at the elevator and led them into a vast room , furnished with antiques .
2 He had met them at the Piazza Venezia two hours before .
3 They ate in silence , Corbett conscious of the old man staring at them now joined by the leader who had met them in the forest .
4 Perhaps if he had met them after the confidence gained by a successful tour of India in 1976–7 , when his captaincy was much praised , the story might have been different .
5 I had met her at the England-USA match in Birmingham and she had offered to help me with my career .
6 Ashi had met him during the height of the oil boom , when the late Shah was pouring the country 's new-found wealth into creating an entire new infrastructure for a land that had hardly changed since biblical times .
7 ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time .
8 Shannon had met him for the first time when he 'd arrived to film the pilot episode , and her dislike for the golden Adonis had been instant .
9 When I asked Lee what 's going on , he told me this guy had met him at the airport and that he had a letter and had said he 'd caddied for Henry Cotton .
10 But she had met him on the towpath the next week and the one following .
11 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 .
12 She had met him in the street .
13 She had met him in the Coupole the night before when she was sitting with her friends from the atelier , and he 'd known one of them and come over .
14 Now imagine that instead of sitting behind his desk your boss had met you at the door and ushered you to a seat , then pulled up a chair next to you .
15 Dan Sandford had met us at the railway station in Addis Ababa and had brought with him Omar , our prospective headman , to clear our baggage through customs and deal with the other formalities .
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