Sentence examples for performed the deed from inspiring English sources

He refused, but another Minamoto officer, saying it would be a disgrace to allow a Taira to execute Tameyoshi, performed the deed.

Holmes hated himself for accepting the role he carried out, but still performed the deed regardless.

Nine days later, he was engaged in action near Westhoek during the Third Battle of Ypres when he performed the deeds that earned him the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

It was during this battle, at Sasse's Sap, that Private John Hamilton, performed the deeds that led to him receiving the Victoria Cross.

During its last battle, at Le Verguier, north-west of St. Quentin, Private James Woods performed the deeds that resulted in him receiving the Victoria Cross.

It was there, on the first day of the offensive, that Lieutenant Alfred Gaby, performed the deeds that led to him becoming the 28th Battalion's first, and only, Victoria Cross recipient.

It was during the early stages of this fighting that an American soldier, Private Nathan Van Noy, from the 532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, performed the deeds that resulted in him being posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

After four days of this, McCain signed and taped an anti-American propaganda "confession" that said, in part, "I am a black criminal and I have performed the deeds of an air pirate.

But no one currently has sufficient power or resolve to perform the deed.

He believed that this was more honest than paying someone else to perform the deed for him.

When he is prevented from delivering the final coup de grâce by a promise he has made, Caine's character unhesitatingly steps in to perform the deed.