Sentence examples for commanding sir from inspiring English sources

Overshadowed during his lifetime by the commanding Sir Christopher Wren, for whom he worked on St . Pauls Cathedral, Nicholas Hawksmoor in the long view of history seems quite the more interesting architect.

Stanton was the commanding Sir John Falstaff in the Henry melding.

(She also strums guitar during the proceedings; Walters tweaks the drums). Stanton was the commanding Sir John Falstaff in the Henry melding.

Le Morte d'Arthur, by Thomas Malory By the side of a lake, King Arthur, mortally wounded, commands Sir Bedivere to cast his sword into the waters.

Overtaking me and looking directly into my eyes, he commanded: "Sir, you need to take off your hat!" The door through which one enters the Memorial Union displays a prominent sticker announcing: "If you are able, please take off your hat as a sign of respect".

In April 1585 White sailed on an expedition sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh and commanded by Sir Richard Grenville that planted a settlement in July on Roanoke Island.

It had always been 'Yes, sir!'; 'At your command, sir!' But now my spirit would fly free".

Between Sir Hartley Shawcross, the British Chief Prosecutor, who is bright-red Labour, and his second-in-command, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, who is a Conservative Member of Parliament and in line for the leadership of his party, there is not a pin to choose in elegance, and the third-in-command, Mr. Elwyn Jones, who is a Labour M.P., is almost as grand.

For a short time in 1806 he gave command of the Channel fleet to his second-in-command Sir Charles Cotton in order that he might travel to Portugal on a particular mission.

Despite English-colonial expeditions sent against it, Crown Point remained in French hands until 1759, when it was occupied by forces commanded by Sir Jeffrey (later Lord Amherstt.

Hence a salary which takes Benitez from his current £3m-a-year wage to something like the figures commanded by Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger.