Example sentences of "[adv] to join [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People I had n't yet identified beckoned her eagerly to join them , which she did with the ravishing smile she had loosed once or twice in my direction . |
| 2 | Doctors did n't think Kelly Good would be fit enough to join her class mates until next term . |
| 3 | His cousin Samuel was now old enough to join his father and take his place as heir to the business , and the two young men were never compatible . |
| 4 | What distinguishes visionary leadership is that through words and actions , the leader gets the followers to ‘ see ’ his or her vision — to see a new way to think and act — and so to join their leader in realizing it . |
| 5 | On her high heels she teetered downstairs to join her father . |
| 6 | In that sensible frame of mind she had hurried downstairs to join her daughter — who had beaten her to the breakfast table again ! — and her host in the sunny conservatory . |
| 7 | By this time Gorbad Ironclaw 's reputation had spread amongst all the Orc and Goblin tribes of the Great Forest , and many more green-skinned warriors flocked southwards to join him . |
| 8 | Among the Welsh core of the ‘ Laura Ashley ’ business was not only Meirion but , shortly to join them , his sister Carol ( now Jones ) , as well as his brother Alan , Phil Morris , Dai Jones , the Hughes family and others . |
| 9 | Bishop Jon said , ‘ Report says that Killer-Bardi 's flotilla had locked horns with Siward 's when your new fleet made its appearance over the ocean and changed course at once to join your ten ships from Orkney , with what sad effect on Siward 's ships is not yet clearly known . |
| 10 | Walking quickly to join them was Miss Mercy Chant , only daughter of his father 's neighbour . |
| 11 | After treatment the mountaineer will be on the next flight home to join his girlfriend at the couple 's home in Radley . |
| 12 | There was unfortunately one sad note — and those of us who are rugby fans will know — especially regional director who , attending his first International , saw England defeated by Wales — — perhaps it was a good job he left Cardiff early to join us ! |
| 13 | Whittox Lane was , if anything , poorer than Naish 's Street , and it was here that John Titford 's eldest daughter , Ann , moved in 1828 — probably to join her sister-in-law , Sarah . |
| 14 | Sir Anthony hushed them and then rose , smiling his quiet and pleasant smile with one hand extended in salutation as a plump and dark-haired man came bouncingly to join them . |
| 15 | Ms Gould is hoping to return home with her new son today to join his older brother . |
| 16 | Ms Gould is hoping to return home with her new son today to join his older brother . |
| 17 | After I 'd persuaded Hawkbit here to join us , I was just starting to talk to a few more , when I found that Toadflax fellow had followed me down the run . |
| 18 | ‘ If you decide to stay in this part of the world , would she consider moving down here to join you ? ’ he asked . |
| 19 | After passing through the 45-metre-deep ( 150 ft ) glacial basin of Lake Bohinj , it flows northward to join its sister stream near Lake Bled , and then through Slovenia and Croatia to join the Danube 940 km ( 587 miles ) away at Belgrade . |
| 20 | I slung my rifle over my shoulder and walked across to join him as he was preparing to leave . |
| 21 | Ursula tossed her head in irritation and bustled across to join her . |
| 22 | Owen started taking Jane and Zeinab across to join them but on the way they ran into a group of journalists whom Zeinab knew and got into conversation with them . |
| 23 | Miloš also wrote to the Austrian authorities and Metternich thought it advisable to remove Vuk from Zemun , first to Buda and then to join his Austrian wife and their two children in Vienna . |
| 24 | around or over the world in 30 days of driving … that 's the dream of two local motoring enthusiasts who are taking their old morgan car on the longest … the toughest rally of them all … they 've been getting themselves into gear in the Malverns and we 're off there to join them for our Friday feature |
| 25 | Instead of ‘ saving people from sinking ships ’ , when the Patna , carrying hundreds of Malayan pilgrims on the way to Mecca , strikes a hidden wreck and appears to be sinking , Jim at first dissociates himself from the deplorable trio of captain and officers , when they lower the only boat for their escape ; and then , on an impulse he can never explain , jumps overboard to join them , leaving the passengers , as he believes , to certain death . |
| 26 | Rather to join them . ’ |
| 27 | Twenty-nine Labour MPs were eventually to join it . |
| 28 | For example , they may force the potentially inefficient firms either to join them in adopting cost-saving innovations which involve some disruption of current working practices , or to go to the wall . |
| 29 | By the end of 1939 only 331 of these children had re-emigrated , either to join their parents or relatives mostly in Palestine or the United States . |
| 30 | Seeing that George was talking to one of the shepherds , he came forward to join them . |