That's called a heavy NP shift[1]. Since "A meeting with Kevin" is "heavy" (which is a fuzzy line, but one which native speakers know intuitively), the phrasal

That's called a heavy NP shift[1]. Since "A meeting with Kevin" is "heavy" (which is a fuzzy line, but one which native speakers know intuitively), the phrasal preposition gets "shifted" closer to the verb. An example (pronouns almost never qualify as "heavy"): Good: • Please set him up Weird sounding: • *Please set up him [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_NP_shift http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_NP_shift