Below you will find example sentences with "first met". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

First Met in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: met
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 31.1 words

Words in this phrase

first met

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • first can mean: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. Very common word
  • met can mean: simple past and past participle of meet Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 9 start, 7 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

after they first met because of 1× after they first met online the 1× and priyanka first met at the 1× bill clinton first met him at 1× having first met hans von 1× how they first met and then 1× i first met gerald o 1× said he first met the guys 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

beirne said he 1× during an interview 1× during the process 1× having first met 1× he shared that 1× i first met 1×

Common sentence endings:

at first sight 1× beach boys tribute 1× d c 1948 1× earlier this year 1× everything and everyone 1× good looking lad 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

year 6× years 3× date 3× shared 2× alia 2× gala 2× couple 2× course 2× weeks 2× nick 2× having 2× von 2×

Related phrases

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings first phase first nations first amendment first sight

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around met:

met office 18× met gala 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

first meal first marriage first leg first lady first instance first innings

Just after it in the phrase index:

first name first nation first nations first ncaa first novel first opportunity

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first met" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 31.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after they first met because of, after they first met online the, year, years and date stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, first lady, first round, met office and met gala, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first met

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Nick and Priyanka first met at the MET Gala 2017. (10 words)

They first met in met in Bali in 2000 when Lady Davina was on holiday. (15 words)

When I first met Fin – who I bought for £3,000 in November 2009 – it was love at first sight. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

During an interview in the book Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, George R. R. Martin revealed that when he first met with to talk about the adaptation of his books, they proposed removing Rickon's character since he didn't do much in the first book. (46 words)

I first met Gerald O’Collins in 1971 when I was a seminarian at Corpus Christi College Glen Waverley in what was then called first year Theology and he was a young and rather glamorous teacher of theology who seemed to know everything and everyone. (45 words)

In 2015, three years after they first met online, the couple met in person, and Gypsy Rose was said to be so keen for her mother's approval she arranged for Godejohn to pretend to meet them spontaneously at a cinema screening of Cinderella. (44 words)

Question examples

When President Bill Clinton first met him at the White House in 1996—mere weeks after Netanyahu first took office as Israel’s prime minister—he reportedly seethed to aides, ‘Who the fuck does he think he is? (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

He shared that Alia's dress was hand-embroidered in India, where he first met the actor, and how this was not the first time Alia had got a chance to attend the Met Gala.

In 2015, three years after they first met online, the couple met in person, and Gypsy Rose was said to be so keen for her mother's approval she arranged for Godejohn to pretend to meet them spontaneously at a cinema screening of Cinderella.

Page’s eager student, who she first met at their local eastern suburbs gym, enrolled in the course five weeks after she had secretly met and partied with Crown Prince Frederik at the Slip Inn during the Sydney Olympics.

They first met in met in Bali in 2000 when Lady Davina was on holiday.

Nick and Priyanka first met at the MET Gala 2017.

Having first met Hans von Ohain in 1966, Whittle again met him at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1978 while von Ohain was working there as the Aero Propulsion Laboratory's Chief Scientist.

Their second date followed soon after their first, and they shared a first kiss near the bar where they had first met.

She had a Cockney accent which added to her impishness".sfnsfn First mission Due to the ankle injury, Szabo's first deployment was delayed, but it was during her second course at Ringway that she first met Philippe Liewer (d. c. 1948).

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The couple first met six to eight months after his arrival in the U.S – their first date was watching the first Apollo Moon landing on television.

During an interview in the book Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, George R. R. Martin revealed that when he first met with to talk about the adaptation of his books, they proposed removing Rickon's character since he didn't do much in the first book.

During the process of creating the artwork, they were first asked a series of questions of how they first met and then recorded for over six minutes looking at each other.

Lara dramatically knocked out Warrington as the Yorkshire fighter suffered a shock first defeat when they first met in London two years ago.

The screen star previously revealed she didn't consider having a relationship with Nick after they first met because of the 10-year age gap but she changed her mind about him after their first date.

I first met Gerald O’Collins in 1971 when I was a seminarian at Corpus Christi College Glen Waverley in what was then called first year Theology and he was a young and rather glamorous teacher of theology who seemed to know everything and everyone.

Recalling his first impressions of Brueckner when he first met him in 2006 - a year before Madeleine vanished - Mr Ralphs said: 'He was a good looking lad.

When I first met Fin – who I bought for £3,000 in November 2009 – it was love at first sight.

When President Bill Clinton first met him at the White House in 1996—mere weeks after Netanyahu first took office as Israel’s prime minister—he reportedly seethed to aides, ‘Who the fuck does he think he is?

Beirne said he first met the guys in Surfin’ nine years ago when they were first starting out and booked them for a show on the Malibu pier, hoping they could pull off a good Beach Boys tribute.

It may sound barking mad, but it was love at first sight for this rescue rabbit and Shetland sheep dog when they first met earlier this year.

The year was 1983, the first year BRE was hosted in the city of Houston … that is where I first met Lee Bailey.

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