Sentence examples for proposing him from inspiring English sources

During a concert at Madison Square Garden in September this year, Billy Joel paused to pay tribute to Cocker, surprising listeners by commenting that he was "not very well right now" and proposing him for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

(Later, Grant himself would remember that concerns over Morton's ill health alone had kept him from proposing him for Chief Justice.

When Elgar was struggling for recognition in the 1890s, Stanford had been supportive of his younger colleague, conducting his music, putting him forward for a Cambridge doctorate, and proposing him for membership of the exclusive London club, the Athenaeum.

According to a new book entitled Unlikely Collaboration: Gertrude Stein, Bernard Fay and the Vichy Dilemma, by Barbara Will, Stein publicly proclaimed her admiration for Hitler during the 1930s, proposing him for a Nobel Peace Prize.

After a week with student friends at Barmouth, Darwin returned home on 29 August to find a letter from Henslow proposing him as a suitable (if unfinished) gentleman naturalist for a self-funded supernumerary place on with captain Robert FitzRoy, more as a companion than a mere collector.

— and they proposed him instead.

Some MPs proposed him to ensure a "debate".

Why did one prime minister propose him for a knighthood?

I propose him as candidate for the Masters Guildd.

The French government, which owns 85% of EDF, proposed him as a board member in 2014.

The Kassigs had brought along an adviser Peter's partner in his N.G.O. and they proposed him instead.