Example sentences of "[noun] met [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angela Cooper , prosecuting , said high spirits turned to aggression when the two sets of fans met on the train journey home . |
| 2 | The Doric Club met for its ninth annual lunch on Tuesday , 8 September . |
| 3 | Deep in the QP forest , the animals met for their regular tete a tete . |
| 4 | Thus alerted , a sub-committee of the North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association met on the following morning and resolved that the danger could only be met by " a central organization of owners for the purpose of protecting their interests against the unreasonable demands and actions of trade unions or combinations affecting such interests " . |
| 5 | In September of 1921 , the International Law Association ( ILA ) , an English based private association met in The Hague , Netherlands and drafted a set of voluntary rules to govern some of the main aspects of ocean carriage liability . |
| 6 | On 16 January a provincial council of the southern clergy met at St Paul 's and added further impetus and justification to deposition by presenting thirteen of their own complaints or grievances against the king , though none of these concerned an offence peculiar to his reign . |
| 7 | The Dictionary met with immediate acceptance amongst the public , especially the lower classes , for whom it acted , until well into the Victorian age , as an important means of self-education . |
| 8 | An undergraduate met by chance on the campus walkway might be treated to one of his brilliant , spontaneous tutorials , the kind normally only dreamt about , while a group of colleagues over whose meeting he was to preside gazed at an empty chair . |
| 9 | Solicitors representing over 50 clients engaged in litigation in connection with Silicone Breast Implants met in London last Tuesday , 19 January 1993 to discuss tactics . |
| 10 | Over the glasses , many white dissidents met with a handful of black politicians . |
| 11 | Alex giggled deep down in his stomach and his arms and legs met like a soft anemone over her hand in an attempt to come to terms with it . |
| 12 | Then their blonde heads met over a whisper , followed by twin ricochets of studied laughter . |
| 13 | His pledge was derided as ‘ a grievance procedure for Christians thrown to the lions ’ when opt-out heads met for a somewhat valedictory national conference last week . |
| 14 | They changed to a strategy-management mode in which each of the business heads met with the entire executive board once a year to define strategic objectives and once a year to establish a budget . |
| 15 | Members of Iraqi opposition groups in exile met in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , at end-February , but made little progress in overcoming their differences regarding the future of Iraq or plans to topple the regime of President Saddam Hussein . |
| 16 | Their lips met in a kiss |
| 17 | A slight sudden puff of breeze lifted a thickly leafed branch in front of her and she saw two figures , framed by the foliage at the instant their lips met in a long , smooth , seductive and very mutual kiss . |
| 18 | She turned her face up for his kiss , her heart singing within her as their lips met in a caress that was both healing and passionate . |
| 19 | She unfastened her own belt , and as her arms wound about his neck their lips met in a long kiss . |
| 20 | At 8 o'clock on Friday , June 15th , over 30 teenagers met in the church Family Centre for a strange ritual known only to a few as MIDNIGHTICESKATING . |
| 21 | On May 7th farmers , politicians and ex-generals who oppose majority rule met in Pretoria to launch a new alliance calling itself the Afrikaner Volksfront , or Afrikaner People 's Front . |
| 22 | Across the warm , sun-filled expanse of wilderness their eyes met with an impact that held them both motionless . |
| 23 | Among the throngs of passing students I was thinking fondly of Jordi when someone who was obviously an American passed by , and our eyes met for a split second . |
| 24 | Their eyes met for an instant . |
| 25 | Their eyes met for a moment , then he looked away . |
| 26 | ‘ He looked over his shoulder at me , our eyes met for a split-second , then he rushed off and I screamed . |
| 27 | As he came through the hut again , the man was there , about to sign out , and their eyes met for a moment , and Cormack felt scared . |
| 28 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 29 | Their eyes met for the space of a long heartbeat , and despite the clean white bandage round the man 's forehead and the strip of plaster on one bruised cheek , Grant felt a surge of rage at the thought that he was face to face with the brutal oriental who had hurt Pam . |
| 30 | Their eyes met for a moment and Guido smiled back at her , flooding her heart with foolish pleasure . |