Sentence examples for had come to command from inspiring English sources

Periodically he leant on it as though he didn't have a care in this little bit of the world he had come to command so impressively and when he struck four boundaries they came with perfect timing.

Victoria has come to command more than one-fifth of the national tourism sector.

Prominent and powerful figures in the sector are established, many of whom do not desire changes in the industry they have come to command.

This kind of violence, and its unfortunate prevalence, has come to command a public conversation both within and outside of India.

Thirty-nine years old, flawed, an indifferent West Point student, disgraced as an army officer, gossiped about as an alcoholic, a failed farmer and a failed businessman, Ulysses Grant had come to his command almost as a fluke.

Although Rochambeau had almost 40 years of warfare experience, he never challenged Washington's authority, telling Washington he had come to serve, not to command.

In late 1941 Clarke was called to London, where his deception work had come to the attention of Allied high command.

She has since come to command respect on the podium quickly.

"Communism" has come to mean command economies run by a bureaucratic state machine.

Flanner gives the reader a thorough description of Simpson ("her figure is flawless and impersonal in the modern manner; her skin is of the smooth vellum variety that takes modern makeup well") and also an account of her prominence in London society ("She has become a… hostess of such importance that her invitations, which are given to few, have come to rank as commands").

In the episode, "Martin Lloyd has come to the S.G.C. [Stargate Command] because even though "Wormhole X-Treme!" was canceled after three episodes, it did so well on DVD they're making a feature [film]".