Example sentences of "[was/were] met [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visitors attending the Festival of Underwater Sport held at Crystal Palace in London were met on their arrival by a large contingent of members from the Lewisham branch who had arranged a bucket collection and an indoor souvenir stall . |
| 2 | We were met on the platform by an old man with a barrow selling coffee and sandwiches . |
| 3 | A month later my parents were met on the open plain outside Addis Ababa by Lord Herbert Hervey and a deputation of Abyssinian notables who escorted them to the Legation , at some distance to the east of the town , in an extensive compound at the foot of the Entoto hills . |
| 4 | But my request — at three information points — for a Disabled Visitor 's Guide were met with a Gallic shrug and an emphatic ‘ Non ’ . |
| 5 | The Wokingham Blacks grew in number and audacity , local sheriffs were met with silence from the locals , many of whom were related to the gang , while others were fed and clothed by them . |
| 6 | However , certain phrases in the notes such as ‘ this condom is intended to inform ’ were met with the charge that the campaign was wasteful and expensive . |
| 7 | All attempts at forced separation were met with fierce growling and threatening behaviour from the dog and a marked reluctance on the part of the stone to be ejected from the basket in which she was so blissfully happy ! |
| 8 | Shivering and crying , their pleas for mercy were met with laughter and abuse . |
| 9 | They cried for mercy but their pleas were met with abuse and laughter . |
| 10 | We were met with cool efficiency by the English crew and I shall never forget my relief at the sight of them . |
| 11 | I sat alone in the canteen at college , I stopped drinking in pubs and chatty male bus conductors and shop assistants were met with blank stares . |
| 12 | Maldon were met with stiffer resistance in the second half and did not score for 20 minutes , until scrum-half Willcocks dived over in the corner . |
| 13 | As a result they were met with a 45-minute barrage of gunfire . |
| 14 | The last words were met with silence . |
| 15 | Balance of payments crises were met with ‘ stop/go ’ policies , involving credit squeezes and international borrowing which stunted economic growth . |
| 16 | In early December Lancaster attempted to negotiate with the court by sending Ralph Basset and William de Clinton with proposals for a settlement , but they were met with a firm refusal by Edward , who told Lancaster that he should not attempt to bargain with his king . |
| 17 | Rather than being welcomed , many of those exhibitions were met with protests and demonstrations . |
| 18 | The middle years of the fourteenth century saw the change from mail armour to plate , while the coming century or so witnessed many improvements in design , so that arrows , bolts , and pikes were met with glancing surfaces which , like the changes in architecture intended to counter the effect of the cannon ball , caused the deflection of the missile away from its target . |
| 19 | Caroline Spurgeon 's analyses of Shakespeare 's imagery were met with suspicion by R. G. Cox , who insisted that there would be " no substitute for literary criticism " . |
| 20 | When the philosopher-agronomists advocated new crops and new methods they were met with the excuse so often given to Cavanilles on his tour of Aragon , ‘ We do as our fathers do . ’ |
| 21 | Some officers broke ranks and were met with a volley of stones . |
| 22 | Sometimes I would receive a monosyllabic answer to a question , but generally my enquiries were met with either blank silences or , more often , with graphic expletives . |
| 23 | Twenty five coaches with one thousand three hundred passengers returning from Christmas break in Austria were met with blunt piece of discrimination which broke communities laws . |
| 24 | The government 's proposals were met with opposition from all the other participants in CODESA , except the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party . |
| 25 | The proposals were met with opposition from across the political spectrum . |
| 26 | A proposal by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to establish a consultative economic co-ordination council , with its headquarters in Kiev , and a military co-ordinating council were met with general approval . |
| 27 | The official national results , released on Oct. 23 , were met with rioting in North-West Province , a centre of support for Fru Ndi ( who had earlier claimed victory himself ) . |
| 28 | The results were met with astonishment from both Brazauskas and Landsbergis . |
| 29 | But the first graphic details , serialised for ‘ a lot of money ’ before the book is published , were met with a mixture of curious interest , sadness and a dose of suspicion about the ‘ English ’ paper 's motive . |
| 30 | Sunday , 14th : Flew with British Council English Studies Officers and to Jaipur , where we were met with a posy of flowers at the airport by my host and ex-student , , organizer of the Workshop on Communicative Grammar . |