Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] met [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've only met the princess once , ’ she said . |
| 2 | We 've only met the once . ’ |
| 3 | I 've just met a pig . |
| 4 | ‘ Why , mam , ’ he says , his voice liquid molasses , ‘ I do n't believe I 've ever met a real woman as purty as you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ D' you know , I do n't think I 've ever met a cricketer from Norfolk . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He has always enjoyed a drink , and I 've never met a man who can hold his liquor better , ’ he says . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've never met a woman more beautiful than my wife , ’ he says , ‘ so there has never been the temptation . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ No , this is true , I 've never met a girl I 'd just shag and leave — I always fall in love ! ’ |
| 9 | It 's just that I 've never met a policeman before . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've never met a poof before , ’ Sparkes said . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never met a girl with such a talent for getting hold of the wrong end of any available stick . |
| 12 | The other thing I would say is this that the management , whilst they very rarely agree with what Eric has got to say I 've never met a member of management at any level , at any level that does n't respect what he 's got to say and that 's a tremendous , er psychological blow before they even get round the table , because he 's completely disarming and his record in terms as vic er for , of victories , for individual members and groups of mem er , members , er , is legendary and I think apart from his ability it 's the respect in which he 's held by , by everybody , by everybody . |
| 13 | The crunch is money — and I 've never met a rich man or woman yet who did n't have wonderfully imaginative , sophisticated , ways to justify hoarding yet a little more and a little more . |
| 14 | Perhaps someone else who saw him more often can give a fairer description but I 've never met a Whites fan who had too many good words for him . |
| 15 | I 've never met a more dedicated , resilient group of people in my life . |
| 16 | ‘ And I 've never met an electronic sailor . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've never met an amnesiac . ’ |
| 18 | I 've never met an Elaine Webb , I do not remember your birth , and I 'm sure I did n't deliver you ! ’ |
| 19 | So he 'd say , ‘ I 'd like you to imagine going into a recording studio , you 've never met the band in your life , you 're going to do a session for them and you 're going to be paid very well and they 're all on Acid and they 're playing rockabilly . |
| 20 | I 've never met the man … and I 've no wish to . ’ |
| 21 | I 've never met the bloke . ’ |
| 22 | Because you 've never met the right woman … she wanted to say . |
| 23 | I just wondered whether we 've actually met the requirements of the , of the act . |
| 24 | We have all met the school secretary or a main scale teacher with a strong personality who exerts more influence on staff attitudes than senior post holders . |
| 25 | We have all met the person who expresses himself or herself indirectly — ‘ Well , of course I would , but it 's George — you know how it is … |
| 26 | You have already met an example of this in the heat generated when the iron core of a planet separates downwards . |
| 27 | SOLUTION We have already met the equation for the reaction : The equation shows that one mole of lead(II) iodide can be produced from one mole of lead(II) nitrate . |
| 28 | I do n't think I have ever met a more phlegmatic man . |
| 29 | It is an inborn fear that develops when they are only a few months old , regardless of whether they have ever met an owl . |
| 30 | The tribal leaders who visited Mr Mandela have also met the top ANC leaders in Zambia . |