Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] join the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I remember it was one morning a little while after my father and Miss Kenton had joined the staff , I had been in my pantry , sitting at the table going through my paperwork , when I heard a knock on my door . |
| 2 | Spain and Portugal had joined the system as observers in November 1990 , in the hope of joining in June 1991 [ see pp. 37535 ; 37870 ] . |
| 3 | Applegarth had joined the International Working Men 's Association ( the First International ) in January 1865 , a few months after its foundation , and at the third congress in Brussels in June 1868 he was elected chairman of the general council . |
| 4 | Richard had joined the birdwatching society hoping to make friends and been disappointed when the membership dwindled in consequence ; now he found himself surrounded by eager acolytes . |
| 5 | In June 1990 Antall told Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitsky that Hungary wanted to join the EC at the same time as Austria . |
| 6 | And that 's how Eustace came to join the firm . |
| 7 | In addition to the murder conspiracy Deane admitted joining the IRA when she was only 17 , and to possessing a number of firearms between January and June 1991 . |
| 8 | A " common front " with the United States on some issues had its attractions , as is indicated by British disappointment when Washington declined to join the Baghdad Pact with Iraq , Iran and other Middle Eastern states in 1955 . |
| 9 | Desmond and Dominic had joined the Cheshire Regiment and Shaun the Royal Air Force , so the Anderson house seemed very quiet . |
| 10 | Carrington and Benson had joined the Wingco in the control room when they 'd received the radar tip-off , and heard him cursing under his breath . |
| 11 | It was before Spain had joined the Common Market and United Biscuits ' efforts to acquire a suitable company in one of the EEC countries had come to nought . |
| 12 | Spain had joined the ERM in June 1989 [ see p. 36741 ] . |
| 13 | The BIP refused to join the committee , and objected to what it saw as the more militant tactics advocated by the BNF . |
| 14 | But manager Ray McHale received a boost when central defender Mark Ogley agreed to join the Seasiders from crisis-club Aldershot . |
| 15 | Ogley agreed to join the club on non-contract terms until the end of the season . |
| 16 | In September 1934 the USSR had joined the League of Nations , and six months later they signed a pact with France . |
| 17 | Bryan wanted to join the duchess , but it is understood that her father Major Ronald Ferguson — who is in Klosters — bluntly told her it would be a ‘ bad mistake ’ . |
| 18 | One seat fell vacant pending a by-election after Baumet resigned to join the government . |
| 19 | It was also announced that Sudan and Zaïre had joined the PTA , bringing total membership to 18 . |
| 20 | On March 9 the Georgian Supreme Soviet had declared illegal the treaties of 1921-22 by which Georgia had joined the Soviet Union , calling the Red Army occupation which had preceded them " an international crime " . |
| 21 | James Hamilton had joined the British Army at the outbreak of war . |
| 22 | Only Ratners failed to join the party , falling ½p to 16½p . |
| 23 | Daak had joined the group and was standing behind Ace . |
| 24 | Earlier , on Oct. 5 , 1989 , Yvon Briant , president of the National Centre of Independents and Peasants ( Centre national des indépendants et paysans — CNIP ) announced that 14 former leading members of the FN had joined the CNIP . |
| 25 | Although ringsider Ruddock refused to join the attack on Lewis , he did say : ‘ I took on Mike Tyson not once but twice , I knocked out Mike Dokes , Greg Page and Bonecrusher Smith . |
| 26 | Morrissey prepared to join the hardliners . |
| 27 | And Auntie Nan decided to join the hunt . |
| 28 | So in 1911 Steel-Maitland offered to join the Halsbury Club in order to guide it on to safer lines — and was immediately accused of disloyalty by Walter Long . |
| 29 | Craddock left to take up an appointment at the Wellcome Research Laboratories , and Ridley went to join the staff at Moorfields Eye Hospital . |
| 30 | Scandinavia was , after all , not a very important trading partner now Britain had joined the EC . |