Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] to join the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish National Party has been vilified by Labour for its decision to join the Government lobbies after securing an understanding from Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , which will give Scotland at least four seats on the European Community committee of the regions . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm proud to say I 'm the first member of my family to join the Labour Party . |
| 3 | In spite of her unwillingness to join the outing , and the remote mood she had been in for most of the day , in the last few minutes she had begun to feel herself a real person . |
| 4 | Of his decision to join the group , he said : ‘ I had seen baiters and found baiting pits nearby . |
| 5 | ‘ I myself am flying out this evening with my wife to join the IMP team . ’ |
| 6 | I have a hard job preventing Rainbow from trampling several dozen old ladies , babes in arms , and colossally pregnant matrons , in her eagerness to join the queue . |
| 7 | The officer told the defendant three times that he considered two pickets at each entrance were sufficient but the defendant , persisting in his intention to join the pickets , ‘ pushed gently past ’ the police officer , ‘ was gently arrested ’ , and was charged with obstructing the police in execution of their duty . |
| 8 | Power for Inchbrook Mill came from the Nailsworth Stream , but the little Stream itself rises in the lakes of the Woodchester Valley and originally powered three mills on its way to join the Nailsworth Stream . |
| 9 | The stream , on its way to join the River Ure , has its origins on Abbotside Common and passes through the small hidden village of Cotterdale , a community unseen and unsuspected from the main road , the only access to it branching off as a gated strip of tarmac . |
| 10 | Two quiet roads lead up to the head of the village ; between them , still bubbling with excitement after a remarkable journey from the depths of Gaping Gill , is Clapham Beck , fringed by trees and crossed by five bridges , on its way to join the River Wenning . |
| 11 | Before returning , a look down into the tremendous ravine of Ling Gill below the bridge will reveal a most impressive scene , the beck hurrying along a bouldery bed fringed by trees and cliffs on its way to join the Ribble ; several minor caves have been found and explored along its banks but the rough terrain is a deterrent to walkers who prefer to travel sedately . |
| 12 | Admiral Lord Nelson is said to have stopped for tea in the local Anchor Hotel on his way to join the British Fleet at Trafalgar . |