Example sentences of "join [pers pn] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 I turned to find that a girl had joined me at the bar .
4 ‘ Another requirement is firefighting and first aid so my BP training has come in handy , ’ added Robin , whose wife , Denise , now joins him at the track — as a flag marshal .
5 Bunny joined me at the bar and bought us both another drink .
6 The auberge owner joined me at the door and stared with contempt at the sky .
7 Taff joined me at the gun .
8 He crawled out of the trench and joined me at the gun .
9 He joined me at the table and poured out two generous measures of the clear liquid from the bottle .
10 Luib took the practice sword from him with a nod , and he joined them at the edge of the field .
11 At this I quickly joined them at the bottom of a long rickety iron ladder which led into the water ballast tanks and found them hauling out several cases which had been concealed there .
12 Cambridge also contained a strong ‘ republican ’ group at this time , and while there is no proof that Wordsworth joined them at the University we find that he freely associated with ex-Cambridge liberals after his return from France in 1793 .
13 For a while Flavia Sherman joined them at the rail and stood with her hand resting on Joseph 's shoulder ; but she seemed restless and soon tired of watching the peasants at work in the fields .
14 ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 .
15 She indicated the pretty flower-patterned basin for me to wash my hands in , then I joined them at the table .
16 As the spacesuit folded in on itself like one of the Transformers toys that had fascinated the boys in Ace 's school for a brief season , Defries joined her at the window .
17 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 .
18 He opened his arms as she joined him at the mirror .
19 Willie climbed out of bed and joined him at the window .
20 She walked over and joined him at the table .
21 Wycliffe joined him at the table .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 ‘ I will join you at the castle .
25 Maggie asked , joining her at the window .
26 ‘ Trouble down at Beryl 's stables , ’ he said , joining her at the gate .
27 A policewoman with long experience in dealing with sexual abuse did express the opinion that policemen can sometimes be more effective than women in encouraging very young male victims to talk about their experiences : and this policewoman was in favour of male colleagues joining her at the RUC 's specialist sexual abuse unit .
28 ‘ What are you going to do today ? ’ he enquired , joining her at the table as without further ceremony they got on with breakfast .
29 Farquhar , unhurt apart from a huge lump on his head , bandaged Lachlan 's wounds quickly before joining him at the oars .
30 Given the brief span of their acquaintance , the even briefer time they had actually spent together , how could he have been so presumptuous as to imagine that she would wish to fly out and join him at the Plaza ?
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