Example sentences of "[noun pl] i met " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming on duty , on what must have been the third morning for our ‘ C ’ cases I met Sister Hancock coming unsteadily down from the theatre . |
| 2 | As I told a couple of surveyors I met at the ground earlier today , ‘ Building on here would be like trying to wallpaper a Slumberland mattress . ’ |
| 3 | But she was one of the shyest of all the hijras I met , and one of the most gentle ; her life revolved entirely around the baby she had just adopted . |
| 4 | Oh only a couple of weeks , no they were standing in the common room and she knew he was a virgin right and they were still going out and she knew he was a virgin when they first started going out and Rox goes oh so are you a virgin then erm erm James and he goes no and she was still going out with him and she knew that it was n't with her , obviously , and , and Roxy goes oh who was it then and he goes oh just two , two birds I met in erm Portugal and |
| 5 | Erm and yeah two birds I met in Portugal and , and then Kathy just like stormed out . |
| 6 | Going round the stands I met or saw Lady Grierson whose husband Ronald , received a knighthood in the Birthday Honours , and her son Mr Jacob Grierson ; . |
| 7 | I became a socialist there because while I did not agree with everything said by the Marxists I met and with whom I became friendly , they gave me a language for understanding the painful separations of class . |
| 8 | On my two visits I met many ordinary people who have great respect and affection for their prime minister . |
| 9 | On several subsequent Manhattan visits I met Tom again and between visits we exchanged letters and limericks . |
| 10 | The three judges I met included the first woman judge to be appointed in Geurrero State . |
| 11 | But all the old miners I met , contemporaries of Orwell , remembered the arrival of the baths , thought they were wonderful , yet could n't remember how they came or who fought for them . |
| 12 | But then on my travels I met a vampire which had escaped a great war with the Time Lords of Gallifrey . |
| 13 | I thought Italy astoundingly beautiful and liked the Italians I met in Varenna , a quiet , peaceful village just up the road from the Cipressi . |
| 14 | In both subjects I am told that more time and more help is needed to spread the ideas , to run courses , to try out new approaches in different situations , to evaluate the success of the last step before embarking on the next , but the curriculum workers I met were disturbed that they were unable to provide what they knew teachers needed . |
| 15 | The CFI at Nelson , Jenny Frame ( the only lady aero club CFI I met during my trip , though the proportion of female instructors and pilots seems much higher in New Zealand than it is in the UK ) told me that although this state of affairs was unusual , a great deal of their flying did normally comprise scenic flights for tourists . |
| 16 | The dynamic Christine Duncan with her landing strips in the bush and Jenny Frame , CFI at Nelson , were only two of the interesting lady Kiwi fliers I met . |
| 17 | One of the tenants I met looks through her window on to a neat square garden . |
| 18 | This was also apparent in the family health services authority officers I met — I was impressed by their commitment , vision , and leadership qualities . |
| 19 | It is not me who distrusts the Minister 's ability to negotiate , but the farmers I met today who doubt whether he can deliver the goods . |
| 20 | The nice Tory ladies are all pessimistic , which makes me pessimistic — the nice Tory ladies I met in '87 all thought they 'd lost , too . |
| 21 | A gang of girls I met in Coventry hanging around with some boys who , like them , were unemployed , said that when they were younger they did a bit of vandalising : " When I got pissed I smashed the windows of posh houses , " said one of them . |
| 22 | It had without doubt been a day to remember and now whenever I look at my LNWR Boilerhouse Private plate , I think of poor unfortunate Fred Grisenthwaite and his tragic demise , and then recall the Railway Hotel bar room and the kind friends I met that night . |
| 23 | Among friends I met here were our hosts $insert names$ who told me that her husband was making a steady recovery from his recent illness . |
| 24 | The first friends I met were the bridegroom 's half-sister Lady Tana Focke , with Mr Paul Focke , and their two very attractive teenage daughters Diana Focke and Victoria Focke . |
| 25 | Motherhood and dependence was the knot women 's liberation tried to untie , but the baby boom among many of the young , unemployed mothers I met suggests that , rather than these young women being in retreat , something more complex and contradictory is abroad . |
| 26 | Many of the single mothers I met had accumulated massive fuel debts of £300 , and had had spells without gas or electricity or both . |
| 27 | What I had heard was ‘ I 'm sure it will be alright , dear ! ’ from almost all the mothers I met . |
| 28 | In the Southern the staff as always were great and I met a new doctor who told me that he was my brother in Jesus and in the hospitals I met many Christian nurses too . |
| 29 | And as for Leeds , the only boys I met were at teenage dances . |
| 30 | Others I met included , who had organised this splendid day in conjunction with , who live at nearby Fonmon Castle , in South Glamorgan ; , who is secretary of the Cirencester Polo Club , and his charming wife who is such a good time keeper and was going to time the match later . |