Sentence examples for he secured a post from inspiring English sources

A new loan covered the obligation, and he secured a post as tutor to Tiberius's grandson.

He secured a post with RAF Iceland, and flew there at the end of August.

After publishing a translation in 1585 for his first patron, Sir Edward Dymoke, he secured a post with the English ambassador at Paris; later he travelled in Italy, visiting the poet Battista Guarini in Padua.

With Roosevelt's help, he secured a post training American pilots for a flight squadron on Long Island.

Almost at once he secured a post at Arnold House, a boys' preparatory school in North Wales, beginning in January 1925.

After a short spell in a lowly job at the BBC selecting press cuttings for use in programmes, he secured a post as a junior member of the editorial staff of a weekly periodical, Truth, in 1953.

He soon secured a post as director of the General Services Agency, which oversees government purchasing.

In 1906, as a result of his father's ties with the Spanish, he secured a teaching post at a Melilla primary school for young Moroccan males, a position he would hold until 1913.

He secured a senior post in the royal household and in 1776 was given the title Baron Templetown, making Mrs. Upton the first Lady Templetown.

In 1902 he secured a junior conducting post at the Dieppe casino, a seasonal appointment for the summer months which brought him into contact with leading musicians from the Paris orchestras and well-known soloists on vacation.

One possible choice might be able to help him secure a post with the new administration as secretary of health and human services or energy; a "three way" deal involving a union and a candidate might win him a union leadership post; or perhaps, he could secure the high-paying helm of a nonprofit organization that could be created for him.