Example sentences of "had serve in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of them had served in Lebanon and Chad , and each of them had a minimum of three years ' service , which meant that when they had done their basic training the violence they were employing with us had been the norm . |
| 2 | Edward Bohun , a younger brother of the Earl of Hereford , received 400 marks , worth of land and was granted the office of Constable in view of the infirmity of the earl himself ; John Neville of Hornby and Robert de Ufford , a knight of Suffolk who had served in Gascony in 1324–5 with the Earl of Rent , were given 200 marks for ‘ helping in the same enterprise ’ . |
| 3 | The Major had served in Africa . |
| 4 | The air unit was commanded by Senior Colonel Wang Yon , who had served in Manchuria and graduated from a Soviet military academy as an air force lieutenant in the Soviet army ; he had been in North Korea since 1945 . |
| 5 | Admiral Sherman , on the other hand , was able and understood the Pacific : General Collins had served in Guadalcanal . |
| 6 | Virtually every senior Army officer had served in East Timor , which was regarded by the Army command as providing a valuable opportunity for combat experience . |
| 7 | ‘ Boy ’ Mould had served in France with 1 Squadron in 1939/40 , where he had shot down the first German aircraft to be claimed by R.A.F. fighters over the Western Front ; he had over eight victories to his credit at this time . |
| 8 | He had served in France in the First World War , commanded West Point , and served as chief of staff of the army before his able leadership of the allied forces in the south-west Pacific from 1942 to 1945 . |
| 9 | He had been in the Army , had served in India , and knew a bit about the world . |
| 10 | Most officials in Egypt and all the army had served in India . |
| 11 | He had been in the Parachute Regiment for twenty years and had served in Borneo , the Oman , Northern Ireland and the South Atlantic . |
| 12 | Colonel Negus , a hero who had served in Marlborough 's army , was given a seat in Parliament and the custodianship of Bigshot Rayle , which he left to the care of his deputy , Baptist Nunn . |
| 13 | Very many men of that vintage had served in action areas such as Malaya and Korea , so it was a reserve of tremendous value , as well as containing the numbers that were required . |
| 14 | The current one had served in hostels , children 's homes , approved schools and as district officer for many years . |
| 15 | In announcing the appointment Bush described Card , a former state legislator in Massachusetts , as " a friend of many years " , who had served in Bush 's campaign teams in the presidential elections of 1980 and 1988 , had then served for three years as deputy Chief of Staff to the controversial John Sununu , but had maintained a reputation for managerial efficiency and diplomacy . |
| 16 | If any section of the Nicaraguan prison population were at risk , it would be those prisoners who had served in Somoza 's National Guard . |
| 17 | Hobson had been associated with the UN Trust Territory since 1963 , and had served in Belau until 1977 when he was transferred to Saipan ( Northern Marianas ) . |
| 18 | ‘ I can imagine , ’ said Dotty , who had served in Bomber Command during the war . |
| 19 | Many after all had served in households not much better than their own , for servant-keeping reached well down the social scale . |
| 20 | In Wisconsin the Democratic incumbent Bob Kastenmeier , a sub-committee chairman who had served in Congress for 32 years , was defeated by Republican Scott Klug , a 37-year old newscaster . |
| 21 | The commission also accused three former ministers who had served in García 's American Popular Revolutionary Alliance Party ( APRA ) government and eight senior civil servants of holding illegal and substantial bank accounts in the United States . |
| 22 | The 20-year-old , who had served in Northern Ireland and Germany , died in a tragic accident when a military order was misunderstood by a driver as Paul worked on the Saudi/Iraq front line with the 40th Field Armoured Brigade . |
| 23 | All these men were volunteers for world-wide service with the Second Australian Imperial Force , which provided the prefix 2 of the 2nd Company 's number ( the First AIF had served in World War I ) . |
| 24 | Extensive informal consultations then took place among senior party leaders , and on May 29 the CWC unanimously elected as the new party president P. V. Narasimha Rao , 70 , a southerner who had served in cabinets under Indira and Rajiv Gandhi . |