Example sentences of "met he [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As Brian Clough told me when I met him on the top of the Little Elm bus earlier this season — we were both going to check out Little Elm Intaflora 's young Dutch forward , Kylie Van Der Graaf — ‘ Sadly , young man , football is like a football . ’
2 He 's here all right — I met him on the shore two nights ago .
3 ‘ When he talks to you he makes you feel as if you are the only person in the entire world , ’ said one woman who met him on the campaign trail .
4 Met him on the way to Kingston .
5 They first met him on the platform at Liverpool Street station during one of their regular Friday shuttles between Norfolk and London .
6 Then I nearly fell over when Hywel walked in because I met him on the mountain and he gave me the eye . ’
7 A small , brown-haired woman met him at the door , surrounded by a group of noisy , dirty children who eyed Corbett boldly , then ran to hide and giggle behind their mother 's skirts .
8 Wood met him at the door .
9 Daniel Marsh usually met him at the station , but today Nahum was early .
10 Garvey , anxious to keep their line of work secret , met him at the foot of the ladder with whispered protests and badly disguised anger .
11 Lillee met him at the gate and escorted him to the middle .
12 ‘ My name is Lockwood , ’ I said , when I met him at the gate to his house .
13 Fox met him at the bottom of the stairs .
14 You met him at the Kremlin .
15 We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi .
16 I met him during the summer vac .
17 Asmar 's fiancée , Giselle , Mary-Claude 's sister , met him off the boat , and as it was now Sunday , they joined the family for lunch at their house in Sarba .
18 At a personal level , AT2 said that she now found the Head 's attitude much pleasanter when she met him round the school .
19 I just started to hate the man , I do n't know what I would have done if I had walked out of the interview room and met him in the corridor . ’
20 Pesaro met him in the yard .
21 " I met him in the toilet at the bus station . "
22 Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’
23 Somehow though — with Ven moving forward too , she realised it was n't so unexpected — she met him in the centre of the room .
24 As he walked down the stairs it was the old lady who met him in the hall .
25 After Maltote was rested Corbett and Ranulf met him in the hall .
26 I met him in the hall — ’ she explained , and was going on to warn Rob to tone down his exuberance when she saw Luke coming towards them .
27 When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness .
28 Once when we were both contributing to The Year 's Work in English Studies ( he on Renaissance drama ) , I met him in the library and expressed anxiety about the deadline .
29 She met him in the hallway , in an old blue dressing gown .
30 I would n't have known him if I met him in the street .
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