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Commanded

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Past of command

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Back in 2012, when Ukip commanded just 3% of public support, more people wanted to leave the EU than to stay in.

The real Rameses II commanded the Egyptian forces.

She commanded Paul Merton to lie on the floor during the first part of his interview because the light was better; "Ooh, it's nice to sit down," he said when she left us to it.

His party colleague Danny Kennedy said McGrady, who was 78, was "an honourable man who commanded respect in the wider community".

She commanded the stage, furiously playing her green guitar and showcasing her incredible voice on tracks like You Ain't Alone and Miss You.

On Tuesday tens of thousands of protesters commanded bridges over the Danube in central Budapest in the biggest challenge to the prime minister since he returned to power in 2010.

But for the bomb she should have compounded the offence, dismissing Kinnock, the Labour leader whose reformist courage should have commanded respect, as a puppet of the hard left – the "enemies of freedom" who sought to overthrow democratic institutions.

He also scored, which sent waves of warmth and nostalgia around the venue he commanded for so many years.

Since last year's independence referendum, the SNP has commanded a 20 point lead over Labour in poll after poll.

Related: General election 2015: Britain heading for hung parliament The prime minister issued his warning after Lord O'Donnell, the former cabinet secretary, reminded Cameron that he signed up to a special Whitehall document to say that the next prime minister would be the leader who commanded the confidence of MPs regardless of whether his party had won the election.

Tom was desperate to be dutiful and presumably pleased when the reservist Yeomanry regiment he commanded was posted to Egypt.

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