Example sentences of "greet at the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm greeted at the gate to Brad Pitt 's ageing West Hollywood bungalow by his melancholic red coonhound Deacon . |
2 | We were greeted at the hotel with several messages from the airport . |
3 | On my first day at the Istituto Tecnico Macedonio Melloni , which was about twenty minutes ' walk from where the tram stopped , all the new pupils were being greeted at the top of a large staircase by the headmaster , a rather forbidding figure who had a white beard and gold-rimmed spectacles , and was dressed in a black suit . |
4 | As it was , she was greeted at the door of the ramshackle house by a complete stranger , a young man who looked at her oddly . |
5 | Ten years ago , there were a few incidental boxes of onions in supermarkets ; in the new-age groceries , the shopper is usually greeted at the door by a banquet of fresh fruit and vegetables glowing with health . |
6 | Her description of my flat is one that I had difficulty in recognising : ‘ We were greeted at the door by Arnold 's housekeeper , Miss Roberts . |