Sentence examples for general to run from inspiring English sources

"They picked a retired general to run the town.

Now President-elect Barack Obama has chosen the general to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The party unanimously nominated Eliot L. Spitzer, the attorney general, to run for re-election.

Alexander Haig was the last four-star general to run for a presidential nomination.

Democrats are likely to look to Richard Blumenthal, the state's popular attorney general, to run for Mr. Dodd's seat.

The White House is so enthusiastic about his candidacy that the administration tried unsuccessfully to get Lisa Madigan, the attorney general, to run instead.

Hundreds of thousands of Sisi supporters filled Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday to call for the then-general to run.

A conclusion could take years.After finishing the last claim, Kenneth Feinberg, the special master appointed by John Ashcroft, the attorney-general, to run the fund, took a five-day, transcontinental rail trip, his first break since the fund began.

Indeed the White House has continued to distance itself from Mr Paterson and has reportedly been encouraging him to step aside to allow Andrew Cuomo, the state attorney-general, to run as the democratic pick.

"My expectation is that he will go for it," said the source, speaking anonymously, "because most of the public would be depressed if he did not – they don't see any other civilian candidates". Hundreds of thousands of Sisi supporters filled Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday to call for the then-general to run.

Mr. Mubarak has appointed retired generals to run most provinces and important state-run companies.