Example sentences of "join him [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I joined him in gazing at the large red lump forming just below the joint and we mused together .
2 Leon sucked his way carefully round his host 's person and joined him in gazing at the red plastic blob .
3 Cortot , who suffered painfully from a sense of his own imperfections , would have been gratified to know that future as well as contemporary admirers joined him in realizing that there are , perhaps , higher things in art than mere discretion .
4 I join him in congratulating the industry on its export achievements — something that we never hear from the Labour party .
5 I also join him in deprecating the attack on my noble Friend Lord Jenkin , who has accepted an appointment on a trust .
6 I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for that statement and , on behalf of my constituents , join him in sending sympathy to those who were injured in the accident .
7 I strongly agree with my hon. Friend and I join him in paying tribute to the management of the health service in his part of the country .
8 I readily join him in paying tribute to the remarkable achievements of the academic and other staff in those institutions of higher education in terms of the wonderful opportunities that they are offering to more and more of our young people and to people of all ages .
9 I also join him in paying tribute to Alick Buchanan-Smith who was a personal friend of mine , as he was of so many , and who was an outstanding parliamentarian and Minister , and to the courage of George Buckley .
10 I join him in saying that the enforcement of law and order in the Province of Northern Ireland lies with Her Majesty 's Government , the Chief Constable and those who support him .
11 He gestures for me to join him by patting the cushion to his left .
12 Williams , Textbook of Criminal Law , 2nd edn , Stevens & Sons , 1983 , 764 , criticised Pitham : if a butler invites the maid to join him in stealing the Duke 's silver when he has found the key to the safe , surely he has not at that time appropriated the silver .
13 I am sure that the House wished to join him in sending its sympathy to the many victims , some of whom may have suffered irreparable damage .
14 ‘ Well , now that I am here and can have the tale formally , direct from the prior , it 's for me to join him in sending word to the bishop .
15 Satisfied that these arrangements were as safe as any in the circumstances , Coleman decided to beef up his cover by inviting Peter Arnett , Cable News Network 's correspondent in Jerusalem , to join him in interviewing the general — without , of course , revealing his identity as an intelligence agent or even suggesting that there might be a hidden motive for the visit .
16 After teaching himself to juggle , the 27-year-old is now advertising for fellow Big Top devotees to join him in starting up a little troupe .
17 In preparation for the next elections , Williams persuaded a number of local politicians and businessmen to join him in running for office on the P.N.M. ticket .
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