Example sentences of "[vb past] to join [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maha tried to join them but was cast out and good-humouredly began to push the loaded craft into the water . |
| 2 | She is pictured with boyfriend , operations supervisor at the computer centre , who invited to join her on the two-day trip . |
| 3 | Cardiff moved to join them … and at last he could see what the others were seeing . |
| 4 | Smiling , I rose to join them , and when they both pressed their lips to my cheeks I caught the smell of whisky on Edward 's breath . |
| 5 | Unhurriedly Travis came to join her . |
| 6 | Nell said something to the owners and came to join me , stifling laughter . |
| 7 | He watched her back as she came to join them . |
| 8 | Do you think — ’ But I was interrupted by Adèle , who came to join us , and the subject was changed . |
| 9 | Ana lingered to join them and Felipe evidently took this as a very good sign . |
| 10 | He turned to join them and then heard the telephone ringing inside the flat . |
| 11 | Ranteallo simply looked sheepish when we first asked for an explanation the following morning , and it was left to Werner Meyer to give us an explanation , when he finally arrived to join us . |
| 12 | The men of the family began to join us . |
| 13 | Emily and Mungo left what they were eating and rushed to join him . |
| 14 | Irish peasants from all over Connacht rushed to join them . |
| 15 | One by one the visitors returned to join him . |
| 16 | Having previously discussed it with John , I declined to join them on their expedition to the temples at P. as I feel it is important to them both to have time alone with each other , especially as is at the moment a bit jealous of the twin at school here ( though of course he , chose to opt out of Gordonstoun ) and has anyway not spent as much time with John in recent years as no 2 ! has . |
| 17 | Alex stomped by and declined to join them for an early morning cocktail . |
| 18 | But now , going to the Mountains of the Moon without her would have been heart-breaking , and I was overjoyed when she decided to join me . |
| 19 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 20 | Spencer Stuart was certainly the loser when one of their senior consultants in Hong Kong , Paul Cheng , was searching for a director of corporate affairs for overseas trader Inchcape and decided to join them . |
| 21 | Bodies draped everywhere in the sun — decided to join them . |
| 22 | Foo and Cooke decided to join him . |
| 23 | And they decided to join him . |
| 24 | So she decided to join him . |
| 25 | Fardine went to join him . |
| 26 | He saw Bigwig and Silver and went to join them , flicking the wet off his front paws step by step , like a cat . |
| 27 | Melanie and the dog , who had been quietly sitting beneath her chair observing all this , went to join them . |
| 28 | Mr Woods , 55 , a Cleveland county council education psychologist , of Gypsy Lane , Nunthorpe , Middlesbrough , who was having a drink nearby , offered to join him . |
| 29 | I offered to join him and continued after his death . ’ |
| 30 | The Orcs were also provided with food and reinforcements by Forest Goblins who flocked to join them from the Great Forest . |