Example sentences of "[vb pp] to join [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He trained two thousand brave men , who became well disciplined ; no man swearing without paying a fine and if found to be drunk , they were set in the stocks and some were cashiered , and they became known everywhere they went as an elite regiment and many more wished to join them . |
| 2 | Franca , of course bidden to join them , sometimes did so , but soon withdrew to various ‘ tasks ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've come to join him up , ’ said Tom indicating Willie . |
| 4 | I hear the ghosts of the sailors laughing triumphantly because I 've come to join them . |
| 5 | The Sheikha had come to join us , her veils and silks carrying their aromas of attar of roses and jasmine and musk . |
| 6 | By then , released from stricter vigilance , Nicholas had been able to move from the Citadel to the house of Katelina , and soon Abul Ismail was permitted to join him . |
| 7 | It did n't actually exist , although they 'd probably get swarms of people prepared to join it just now if they tried . ’ |
| 8 | In practice this means they can borrow more cheaply than banks and thrifts which , being unable to compete with them , have increasingly decided to join them . |
| 9 | Got to join it across the . |
| 10 | But on May 28th Mr Giuliani was cock-a-hoop with the news that Mr Badillo had agreed to join him in a ‘ Republican-Liberal alliance ’ against Mr Dinkins . |
| 11 | And after phoning Julie , who had agreed to join her in Devon , she 'd also been heartened by her friend 's confirmation that she was doing the right thing . |
| 12 | Brian has agreed to join us as Edinburgh Theatre Manager and David hopefully will be |
| 13 | ‘ Lee and Ian have shown they have what it takes to earn first-year professional terms and I 'm delighted they 've agreed to join us . |
| 14 | And only relatively thin sales are needed to join them . |
| 15 | He was dressed for dinner and she knew without doubt that they were not going to be invited to join him . |
| 16 | It 's a long-term strategy for the future of Scotland and everyone who is dedicated to quality and has the nation 's interest at heart is invited to join them in their important work . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been invited to join them down south . ’ |
| 18 | Rachel was invited to join them and she was happy to do so , but for the rest of the day she could n't forget that moment when David had moved so close to her ; she could n't forget the look in his eyes , a look that had implied that the conclusions drawn by others about his intentions towards her could be well founded . |
| 19 | Invited to join them for coffee , he sat down , enquired after the progress of Joanna 's bad leg , then relapsed into a rather uneasy silence . |
| 20 | Pupils from Redcar 's Zetland Primary School have been invited to join them as part of the launch of the Tidy Britain Group 's National Spring Clean ‘ 92 Campaign within Langbaurgh . |
| 21 | But if you do n't find an invitation , send your name , address and daytime telephone number on a postcard to : , and the first three names drawn from the hat will be invited to join us . |
| 22 | Of the 21 people who had been invited to join it , six were RSFSR ministers , three were Russians in industry and the remainder ministers from the other republics ( although not the Prime Ministers , who had been ex officio members of the dissolved Cabinet of Ministers ) . |
| 23 | Golding asked to speak to Charlotte alone and Derek was left on an uncomfortable chair in a busy corridor studying a LOCK IT OR LOSE IT poster for more than an hour before being summoned to join them . |
| 24 | When Daak had been brought to join them , Bernice had expected Ace to run to him ; instead , she just smiled crookedly and raised a hand in greeting . |
| 25 | And indeed , four people had just arrived to join them at the table . |
| 26 | Several friends have asked to join them on their trip to Dallas in November , to mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination . |
| 27 | ‘ I was flattered to be asked to join them , any fan would be , and I know a few of my mates are jealous . |
| 28 | He has already been asked to join them for a 60-date tour next year . |
| 29 | ‘ What 's more , he , like you , was asked to join us for tea . |
| 30 | Miss Braithwaite , ’ he gestured towards Theodora , ‘ we have asked to join us . |