"Just last month the W&J claim group met of our own accord and said 'no' to Adani," he said.
They were friendly to all the strange creatures that they met, of whatever strange form or unusual colour.
The higher costs still have to be met, of course, which is why Tuesday's third-quarter figures carried added significance.
This can also apply to prime ministers, head teachers, generals, perhaps even some newspaper editors (not the brilliant ones I've met, of course).
After the quake in 2010, there were promises, never fully met, of revitalization — things like new irrigation ditches and canals, river dredging and reforestation.
The women never credit their newfound dominance to feminism ("bra burning" is still the shorthand definition for that social movement among women I met of all ages).
Some even see its influence in the ideal adopted by China's Communist Party leader, Hu Jintao, whom Mr Zhao has never met, of a "harmonious society".
Certain conditions must be met, of course: an incurable disease, the full consent of a "capable" patient, and other carefully circumscribed parameters.
Immediate needs must be met, of course, and it is better to do a little than to do nothing, but those are not your only alternatives.
This blog is to commend the parents, that I never met, of a kind son that I do not know.
"So, yeah, probably any set of parents I've met of anyone I'm dating probably thought I was totally weird.
