Example sentences of "[noun pl] 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 | Deep in the QP forest , the animals met for their regular tete a tete . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Over the glasses , many white dissidents met with a handful of black politicians . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Then their blonde heads met over a whisper , followed by twin ricochets of studied laughter . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Their lips met in a kiss |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She unfastened her own belt , and as her arms wound about his neck their lips met in a long kiss . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Across the warm , sun-filled expanse of wilderness their eyes met with an impact that held them both motionless . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Their eyes met for an instant . |
| 18 | Their eyes met for a moment , then he looked away . |
| 19 | ‘ He looked over his shoulder at me , our eyes met for a split-second , then he rushed off and I screamed . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Their eyes met for a moment and Guido smiled back at her , flooding her heart with foolish pleasure . |
| 24 | STEVE : ‘ Our eyes met across a crowded ice skating rink when I was 18 . |
| 25 | As our eyes met in the glass , I realized that she was not admiring the flaking stone blocks opposite but using the window as a mirror . |
| 26 | Our eyes met in the mirror . |
| 27 | Their eyes met in the mirror above the washstand ; Ruth shook her head . |
| 28 | Their eyes met in the glass . |
| 29 | Their eyes met in a long , arching stare . |
| 30 | He was so moved by the sufferings of the wounded at the battle of Solferino ( the Lombard village where the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians in June 1859 ) that he published a book urging the formation of permanent voluntary aid societies to succour the wounded in time of war , and this so caught international imagination that in 1863 , sixteen European nations met at a conference in Geneva to launch the plan . |