Sentence examples for had the assignment of from inspiring English sources

Now he had the assignment of filling his uncle's shoes in front of audiences of fifty thousand.

During the last war Mr. Chase had the assignment of travelling about the Western Front painting portraits of prominent members of the A.E.F.

Jack Lang, a baseball writer who for two decades had the assignment of informing inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame of their election, died yesterday in Huntington, N.Y.

Robert Stopford responded in HMS Aquilon, which had the assignment of repeating signals, and towed Marlborough out of the line as Mucius freed herself and made for the regrouped French fleet to the north.

Dave Duncan, the celebrated pitching coach, has the assignment of restoring Hentgen and Kile to their former levels of performance.

Cornerback Will Peterson was expected to have the assignment of covering Coles, but Giants Coach Jim Fassel went with Will Allen instead.

Jeff, a claustrophobic businessman, has the assignment of shutting himself in a small space for as long as he can stand it.

The Montenegrin police, who number approximately 20,000, have the assignment of keeping the lid on any violence, providing everything from traffic policemen to specialist paramilitary teams capable of taking on the Yugoslav Army if need be.

Billy is not to be confused with Billy Beane, the crafty A's general manager, who again has the assignment of trying to do more with less, or Billy Ball, for that matter, the stylistic appellation applied to the early 1980's A's of Billy Martin.

Twenty-one years later, he is in the majors, staring in for the sign, a No. 1 pick in 2010, who took the fast track to Flushing and already has the assignment of trying to help turn a struggling Mets team around.

Lo, a travel journalist, has the assignment of a lifetime on the maiden voyage of a small luxury cruise ship, but when she hears a scream and a splash in the middle of the night, she becomes convinced she's witnessed a murder.