Sentence examples for buck private from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gore, of course, was no ordinary buck private.

A general can be bumped off by a buck private, if the private was, for example, a technician going somewhere on a hurry-up repair job.

The New Yorker, November 1 , 1941P. 11 A buck private reported sich, with a mild sore throat, and was told that his tonsils would have to come out.

At that time in 1952, I was a buck private in the U.S. Army, spending a couple of months in a Manhattan public information office between basic training and shipment overseas.

N. Y. and Boston was making an inspection of each soldier's pass, and finally came to a buck private travelling in a drawing room with a gray-haired lady who was obviously his mother.

By D. Ennson, Russell Maloney, and Harold Ross The New Yorker, November 1, 1941 P. 11 A buck private reported sich, with a mild sore throat, and was told that his tonsils would have to come out.

Paul, one of the buck privates and a constant winner at crap never talked to the dice.

Rather, it was designed to send a message to our armed forces, ranging from buck privates to squadron commanders, that Levittown and Long Island stand beside them.

There were probably 1,000 of us buck privates hanging out in the reception center.

The figures also showed the proportion of places won by pupils from Bucks private schools dropped from 21%to15%5% – but then 292 fewer children from these schools entered the exam.

Murray Worthy, policy officer with the World Development Movement in London, said: "Rich nations cannot try and pass the buck to private companies who will be more interested in delivering high returns than meeting the needs of some of the world's poorest people.