Example sentences of "[num] [noun] had joined the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also sought advice on drill from a Capt. Bradshaw , " to improve the bearing and physical condition of the boys " , and soon fifty pupils had joined the School Cricket Club , practising regularly on Stockport Cricket Club 's ground . |
| 2 | Within three days an estimated 870,000 workers had joined the strike , shutting down gas pipelines , mines and the main Burgas oil refinery , paralysing the Black Sea ports , and grounding the national airline . |
| 3 | The two assassins had joined the crew of the navy rescue expedition which had followed the escape pod down from the survey vessel from which it had been ejected , and they had been prevented from finishing off both their intended victim and the accidental witnesses only because of the timely intervention of a Yek patrol . |
| 4 | At an early stage four bishops had joined the queen in Suffolk ; six had later witnessed the proclamation of Prince Edward as keeper of the realm ; towards the end , more than a dozen prelates had been coerced by the London mob into support for the queen 's party . |
| 5 | In one case two practices had joined the scheme as joint budget holders , making a total of 10 in the sample . |