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Example sentences for "officer came"

  • The other day I was riding through the French camp, 5th Regiment, when an officer came up and invited me to take a glass of the brandy which had been sent out by the Emperor as a Christmas gift.

  • Lord Wellington rode up with his staff, and soon after a staff-officer came up at a gallop, shouting, ‘Where is Lord Wellington?

  • An officer came up and took the letter, then handed Herbert over to an infantry Colonel, who took him into a small tent.

  • On the fifth day after my arrival, an officer came to ask me to dinner at the viceroy's.

  • We were not left in this disagreeable position for long, as in five minutes an officer came in, and after some polite apologies told us we were free.

  • An officer came out to tell me that the admiral was writing in bed, and hoped I would wait.

  • I had turned in, and was sleeping soundly, when about midnight, an officer came below to inform me that there was another large ship close on board of us.

  • On the morning after this brilliant entertainment, an officer came below to inform me that a strange steamer of war had entered during the night, which, as yet, had shown no colors.

  • Early in the morning, and almost before she was awake, an officer came to Mary's cell to bring her forth for trial.

  • I hurried down the hill to the hedge and shouted out to the 14th Battalion that the Germans were running away, and an officer came up to make sure.

  • While I was talking to the sentry, an officer came by and warned me to get away from that corner because the Germans were likely to shell it as it was the only road in the neighbourhood for the passage of troops to and from the front.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being exposed; being minded; built upon; contagious disease; dense forest; finely serrate; forced upon; four times the size; good distance; her crew; just beginning; light grey; long talk; might possibly; miles from; much wished; not wishing; officer came; officer named; officers and; officers killed; officers were; story about; tell stories; with two; young lion