Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] join the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last heard of Gert was in 1943 when he tried and failed to join the RA F. Bloomsbury House urged him to settle for the Pioneers . |
| 2 | By July they had managed to sign a nucleus of nine players and re-applied to join the Mid-Counties League . |
| 3 | In Azerbaijan the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region voted to establish itself as an independent republic with the support of 99.9 per cent of those who took part in a referendum on the matter , and applied to join the newly-established Commonwealth of Independent States ; Azerbaijan , for its part , voted to abolish the region entirely , renamed its capital city and placed the whole area under the control of a military governor . |
| 4 | Mongolia became a member of the Group of 77 in June and applied to join the Non-aligned Movement in 1991 . |
| 5 | Goodwill , one of Mr Garner 's pet projects and the subject , he believes , that got him noticed and invited to join the ASB , is also on the agenda . |
| 6 | He coldly removed her hand from his arm and moved to join the women on the path . |
| 7 | He said he was afraid the delay over the book had lost him the opportunity of reaching the city in time to take part in any meaningful work , and promised to join the next summer 's dig in June . ’ |
| 8 | The royal couple returned to Britain looking fit , tanned and very much in love and flew to join the Queen and the rest of the royal family on the Balmoral estate . |
| 9 | When a friend invited her to attend one of the Christian community study groups , she was deeply impressed by the contrast and decided to join the community : |
| 10 | Veronica added that she 'd put away later and went to join the others . |
| 11 | At first his challenges were met by rival warbosses , and there were several bloody battles , but after rumours of Azhag 's victories became well known the tribes gave up any ideas of fighting and flocked to join the growing Waaagh . |
| 12 | He kept pupils moving so quickly they were running past the cage and had to join the queue again to get a proper look . |
| 13 | They were told they would be given refunds , and had to join the rest of the crowds on the dockside and promenades . |
| 14 | He had been at Cambridge just after the last war , had fought with the International Brigade in Spain and had joined the R.A.F. as an air-gunner in 194O . |
| 15 | At the close of the 1990–91 season 's business , Phil Barber was Palace 's longest-serving current player and had joined the select troupe of men to have played over 250 games for The Eagles some fourteen months previously , so that is fair to say that there has seldom been a more popular fellow to wear the Palace colours . |
| 16 | He had become a successful Solicitor , and had joined the Board as a representative of the Old Stopfordians in 1949 . |
| 17 | We told Doreen about Maria and her friends in Brazil , because we were links and had joined the chocolate chain . |
| 18 | The Georgian Communist Party , which had adopted a nationalist manifesto for the elections and had joined the other 120-odd political parties in campaigning for restoration of Georgia 's independence , failed to build on its strong first-round showing , and increased its seat total only to 64 . |
| 19 | Here were the people who were now convinced the paper existed and wanted to join the venture . |
| 20 | ‘ I gave the caller the name of a vet who knows about reptiles and suggested joining the British Chelonia Group for owners . ’ |
| 21 | Suddenly I remembered my weekly shower and hurried to join the ragged party which was forming outside . |