Example sentences of "when he joined the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the enthusiasm which burned inside Imre Pozsgay when he joined the party at the age of 17 has been extinguished by the bitter experiences of the past 40 years . |
| 2 | For that reason , Sir Adrian looks back with gratitude on the job-rotation policy that was an integral part of basic training when he joined the family firm after coming down from Cambridge in 1952 . |
| 3 | When he joined the Parachute Regiment he was in Tunisia , and discussion was impossible . |
| 4 | Harry Briggs was a burly centre-half from Shotton in County Durham who came late into Football League soccer when he joined the Palace in 1947 at the age of 23 years , but he developed into a pillar of our defence in the early 1950s as well as becoming club captain . |
| 5 | Burridge cost the Palace £40,000 when he joined the club from Aston Villa , but he became part of the Palace 's best-ever defence , for the 24 League goals conceded in 1978–79 were the lowest for a single season in the club 's history while John 's 21 ‘ clean-sheets ’ that season was also the best-ever by a goalkeeper here . |
| 6 | When he joined the Party in 1922 he was the only member in Danzig , and had to wait until after Hitler was released from the Landsberg prison and the Party was re-launched before he could become active on its behalf . |
| 7 | His battle with litter louts began when he joined the village car committee , and he regularly zooms around on his bicycle , stopping to pick up refuse with his hand-operated stick . |
| 8 | But he was real young , even when he joined the Stones — about nineteen or twenty . |
| 9 | Then when he joined the Frank Zappa group he came down with almost every member of the band , and George Duke was at the keyboard … ’ |
| 10 | Scholar also revealed details of Venables 's contract when he joined the club as manager from Barcelona . |
| 11 | The Navaho Jospehites were all young , as young as he had been when he joined the Sons and painted his face to strike a blow at the heart of the white man 's world . |
| 12 | But he proved , when he joined the illustrious band of Yorkshire bowlers to take 1000 wickets for the county , that experience and craftsmanship still count for much in a game which seems to reserve its greatest acclaim for the lean , young gunslingers . |
| 13 | When he joined the organization , and later , when the meetings of the high command were actually held in your own house , we made certain inquiries . |
| 14 | So he dug a bomb shelter in the back yard , which was fine for his wife and little daughter , William 's mum-to-be , but not so convenient for him when he joined the Merchant Navy and found himself out on Atlantic convoys with the wolf packs at his heels . |
| 15 | ‘ I lost touch with him when he joined the Air Force . |
| 16 | He first came to prominence as a speaker when he joined the British Union of Fascists , founded by Sir Oswald Mosley [ q.v. ] , after some years at Birkbeck College where he obtained a first-class honours degree in English , and he helped to found a National Socialist party in London . |
| 17 | George had brought him along to meet me when he joined the organisation . |
| 18 | Councillor 's political background started in nineteen sixty two when he joined the Labour Party . |
| 19 | After that experience , some might think that his career slipped a little when he joined the Evening Standard , but he is clearly thriving in that career . |
| 20 | Martin 's route to the top began when he joined the Bradford Duke of Edinburgh 's Award Centre — the only centre of its kind in the country — and gained his bronze and silver awards . |
| 21 | When he joined the UKAEA in 1956 his first job was in accounts , followed by a short period in commercial . |
| 22 | DAVID CRUSH David Crush was appointed Chief Industrial Engineer when he joined the Company in June . |
| 23 | At the age of 71 , he 's written the definitive book on Brize Norton which was little more than a field when he joined the RAF 53 years ago . |
| 24 | Paul Hollway did a good job as attacking full back while Alan Dowd was solid and performed capably when he joined the midfield and attack . |
| 25 | One of the last jobs of Leicester serviceman Taffy he retires shortly has involved working on a machine of the type he first handled fifty years ago when he joined the B U. |