Example sentences of "[noun sg] award he the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scott 's first letter had been an appalling error , and it would seem sufficient reason why Donaldson should suggest reversing the decision to award him the Gold Medal , but Scott , when drafting his Recollections in later years , looked for further motives behind Donaldson 's action as he could not ‘ reconcile it with the character and generosity which Donaldson has usually evinced ’ . |
| 2 | In the same year the navy awarded him the rank of retired commander . |
| 3 | It is no wonder that he was elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1756 , three years after the society awarded him the Copley Medal . |
| 4 | During the next year he received an honorary LLD from St Andrews , and in 1913 the Royal Society awarded him the Davy medal . |
| 5 | The Norwegian government awarded him the Order of St Olav in 1979 . |
| 6 | The jury awarded him the libel raspberry — a halfpenny — so he was forced to pay for the whole action . |