Example sentences of "[vb past] joined [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I turned to find that a girl had joined me at the bar .
2 ‘ I did n't go to Oxford or Yale but he would have a good education if he had joined me at Birkenhead Institute . ’
3 She gave a little shiver as a goose ran over her grave , and stroked Cas and Poll , who had joined her on the swing-seat .
4 Simon , however , would n't hear of it , and had joined her in the kitchen to help with the dishes .
5 She did n't realise that Guy Sterne had joined her in the sitting-room until he spoke from behind her chair .
6 He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast .
7 A few of his followers had joined him on the dais .
8 When Sophie had joined him in a waltz …
9 He looked behind confirming that his body had joined him from the ground .
10 I had joined them on their route marches out of the concentration area at Southampton .
11 Rachel turned in the cramped space and saw that someone else had joined them on the jig .
12 It was as though he had joined them at the table , and it was n't doing D'Arcy 's appetite any good at all .
13 The wedding , planned for November … ’ ) she had learned that she was the goddaughter of Lady Bartlett ( that mother of sons … ) and had joined them at the end of July .
14 Meryl had joined them with some reluctance after the welcoming address , but the moment had been well chosen ; Anthea and the professor had been deep in conversation with an eager group of ladies from Leicester , leaving Meryl momentarily alone .
15 Sarah had joined them through another miracle , a cloak thrown by Mary Jacobus which upheld her feet on the water .
16 ‘ Indeed you would n't find better anywhere , ’ said Mrs Bennet who had joined them in the cellar with her daughter .
17 And seeing that someone had joined them in the chapel , he pinched Caterina 's cheek , and lightly slapping her shoulder , said aloud , ‘ Away with you , find someone else to pester . ’
18 Gamal and one or two of his friends had joined them in the box and Gamal was not entirely comfortable either , though for different reasons .
19 The handsome young fisherman Pablo had joined them in the café , and now he said , ‘ Señorita , you are doing nothing today .
20 When Nahum came downstairs from Anna 's room , Dolly and Tom had returned home and Christian had joined them from Handley Farm .
21 At the end of the formal presentation not all had joined us for the stomach churners , preferring to get to the office and start selling those new protection contracts .
22 He was one of several men from the Midlands in Palace sides of the early and mid-1920s and had joined us from Coventry City in July 1922 , as part of a complex six-player exchange deal negotiated between the clubs by Palace boss Mr Edmund Goodman .
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