Sentence examples for by commando from inspiring English sources

These range from limited artillery and airstrikes on guerrilla bases, to attacks by commando forces and a broader ground offensive.

Barker, 29, is employed by Commando Joe's, one of a small but growing number of organisations that employ mainly ex-servicemen and women to work in schools with the aim of helping children develop "character" and "resilience".

If history plays out twice, first as tragedy, then as farce, the same can be said of action films: "First Blood" was followed, three years later, by "Commando," which starred Schwarzenegger as John Matrix, an entirely unconflicted ex-Special Forces killing machine.

RISK IS CERTAIN -- Mindful of the Soviet Union's sorry experience in Afghanistan, a decade of quagmire and the loss of 15,000 troops, American officials said they planned to rely on lightning raids by commando teams, operations expected to be short but intense.

Taito's Front Line (1982) established the upwards-scrolling formula later popularized by Commando, in 1985.

Nick Nolte is the mysterious island king confronted by commando Nigel Havers in this World War II drama.

Repeated attempts by commandos to reach the Akal Takht were driven back.

Videos showed protesters there being stopped at gunpoint by commandos and dropping to their knees.

North Korea's options here range from another artillery or rocket barrage to a limited ground strike by commandos.

One wife was shot in the leg by commandos as she tried to protect Bin Laden moments before he was killed.

One innovation was called the Electronic Divining Rod, a sensor worn by commandos that could detect the location of a particular cellphone.