Example sentences of "but i have [adv] met " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I try not to be , sir , but I 've never met anyone like you before . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But I 'd never met anyone quite like her before , you see . |
| 4 | This may sound ridiculous , but I have recently met a very nice man , the same age as me , similar tastes , sense of humour , not exactly good-looking but perfectly presentable , and I 'm wondering whether or not I should marry him . |
| 5 | ‘ I was approached by a friend who knows Mr Gilbey but I have never met him , ’ said Mrs Ralli from the doorstep of her £500,000 mansion in Hardingham , Norfolk . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been a teacher for forty years , but I have never met a boy like Tony . |
| 7 | When people ask me about the deeds of some of our very great airmen , and I go right throughout the war on both sides , there are shining examples brighter than anything in the constellation that come to mind ; I think of Cheshire 's 100 sorties and , no less important , Fraser Barron — a little Kiwi not yet 21 with two DSOs , two DFCs and a DFM — Pathfinder squadron commander , killed with his deputy Master Bomber on one of the interdiction targets before the Invasion , and a host of others , I can think of half-a-hundred , but I have never met anyone — In fact I have never walked in the shadow of anyone — braver than Buster . |