Sentence examples for master commander from inspiring English sources

To the Editor: I read Mary-Lou Weisman's piece on fanatical fans of Admiral Lord Nelson, "Master, Commander and Me" (Jan . 4, with interest.

When, for all those decades, BBC television ruled the waves, for most of the time he was master-commander and buccaneering captain on the quarterdeck.

On 20 February 1793 Paulet received a promotion to master and commander, and command of the sloop.

As was customary Collier received a promotion, to master and commander on 3 September 1799, and a command, the 18-gun sloop, on 21 October.

MacBride's good service brought him a promotion to master and commander on 7 April 1762, and an appointment to command the fireship.

(To do them credit, maybe they felt rudderless without their master and commander, Joss Whedon.

But he has his own "master and commander of the cosmos" complex.

* "MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD," starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany.

As guests gasped, Mr. Curtis, ever the master and commander, retrieved it mid-fall.

You had a hot streak that included LA Confidential, The Insider, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind and Master and Commander.

9 P.M. (BBC America) MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003) In Peter Weir's adaptation of two novels by Patrick O'Brian, Russell Crowe stars as Capt.