Sentence examples for given the task of holding from inspiring English sources

Punter Tom Rouen was signed last Friday and given the task of holding on field-goal attempts with only one day of practice with Bryant.

Now people like Adnan, a former Baathist, have been given the task of defeating the insurgency.

Because of their competence and the respect in which they were held by both the residency director and their fellow residents, these chiefs were given the task of presiding over the transition.

Valcke, who has been given the task of looking at alternative dates due to the fierce heat of the summer in Qatar, says it is likely to be held some time between November 15 and January 15.

The World Bank was given the task of administering the effort.

Gen. Reginald Edward Harry Dyer was given the task of restoring order.

Brown was given the task of deciphering Pemberton's messages.

As the junior man in the bureau, I was given the task of finding the hairdresser.

You can imagine being the Bank of England employee given the task of finding the telling Austen quotation.

He was given the task of running Lebanon in 1998 as part of his training program.

Pity the perky 20-somethings actually given the task of calling people like me.