Sentence examples for major saying from inspiring English sources

Hugh McManners, reviewing Anthony Swofford's Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War, recalled a British sergeant major saying that "servicemen had been trained to face the horrors of tanks and chemical-biological warfare, 'to jump over a 100ft cliff... but when we got there, it was the size of a matchbox'".

"Chinese construction," the major said.

"We're helping everyone," the Major said.

"We all want a major," said Casey.

"Salaam alaikum," an American major said politely.

The major said sorry and meant it.

"Not without orders," the major said.

"They have concerns," the major said.

Janovic will take care of himself the Major said.

"We are fighting within our means," one major said wryly.

"The looting is clearly wrong," a Special Operations major said.