Example sentences of "joined the [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It belonged to an age Claire could well remember , when there were big shooting parties at Riverstown , and she followed on foot with her mother and joined the guns for lunch . |
2 | On 23 December 1648 he joined the committee for proceedings against the king , the first of the Commons committees which laid the groundwork for the king 's trial and execution . |
3 | Interpol joined the hunt for Katie when fears grew that the youngster had already fled abroad . |
4 | As more East Germans joined the cries for help , the diplomat burst through the front door and sprinted 300 yards around the embassy perimeter until he reached the grotesque tug-of-war . |
5 | Ed Douglas joined the queue for bacon and eggs at Plas-y-Brenin |
6 | Asmar 's fiancée , Giselle , Mary-Claude 's sister , met him off the boat , and as it was now Sunday , they joined the family for lunch at their house in Sarba . |
7 | He survived a fight for his Oxford West and Abingdon seat and was rewarded with a cabinet post , but today such glories were left behind , as he joined the audience for Bottle Busters . |
8 | Their father sometimes joined the children for tea in the nursery but , as their former nanny Mary Clarke recalls , ‘ it was very hard going . |
9 | Groves , Graham 's first Highbury signing , joined the Saints for £750,000 — giving the Gunners a profit of almost £700,000 . |
10 | LABATT 'S , the brewery giants who pour millions into Williams , joined the clamour for Nigel Mansell 's recall yesterday . |