Example sentences of "[pron] joined [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 .
2 She indicated the pretty flower-patterned basin for me to wash my hands in , then I joined them at the table .
3 Sometimes I joined him in the school room .
4 As my husband was then a consultant there , and involved in research in rheumatology , it was only natural that I joined him in the research field .
5 She joined him on the settle .
6 Subdued by the mockery , she joined him at the door he was now unlocking , still not wholly trusting him , and the gleam in his eyes told her he knew it .
7 He opened his arms as she joined him at the mirror .
8 Despite that , Dane 's eyes glinted appreciatively when she joined him in the hotel foyer , and to her annoyance she felt a pleasant little warm glow deep inside .
9 Five minutes later she joined him in the Biography alcove .
10 She joined them near the table .
11 The subject is believed to be Gian Giacomo Caprotti , a pupil of da Vinci who joined him at the age of 10 , later becoming one of his lovers .
12 My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me .
13 It joined me for the rest of the holiday , much to the annoyance of my fellow passengers .
14 Luib took the practice sword from him with a nod , and he joined them at the edge of the field .
15 He joined her in the kitchen , and she saw that the descriptions which had reached her through the field telegraph and by which she had recognised him , were accurate .
16 ' ’ Where God erecteth his church , the devil in the same churchyard will house his chapel ’ , ’ he quoted , as he joined her in the limo .
17 He joined her in the bathroom , drawing back the shower curtain and shouting above the sound of rushing water : ‘ I 've got something to tell you . ’
18 But Cindy , when he joined her in the garden , seemed withdrawn and cold .
19 He joined me at the table and poured out two generous measures of the clear liquid from the bottle .
20 ‘ I could tell he 'd been drinking as soon as he joined me on the jig .
21 ‘ All political figures are mad , ’ said Reid as he joined us on the veranda .
22 Sec secondly we must welcome Paul to the meeting , as you know he joined us at the beginning of January to run the neighbourhood watch schemes and as office manager I thought it appropriate he attend the management meetings .
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