Example sentences of "[adj] he [vb past] the royal " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1780 he entered the Royal Navy as surgeon 's mate , becoming full surgeon in 1782 . |
| 2 | In 1903 he joined the royal commission on the coal supplies of Great Britain ( 1901–5 ) . |
| 3 | In 1874 he entered the Royal ( ‘ Dick ’ ) Veterinary College , Edinburgh , and in 1876 became MRCVS . |
| 4 | On 22 May 1807 he joined the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth for a period of eighteen months after which , as a midshipman , he served in Lavinia in the Mediterranean and north Atlantic for more than three years . |
| 5 | In 1916 he joined the Royal Flying Corps as an officer in an experimental squadron developing new flying formation and fighting techniques , and he attained the rank of major in 1918 . |
| 6 | In May 1912 he visited the Royal Small Arms factory at Enfield to advise on rifle barrels which had failed through internal corrosion . |
| 7 | Because of the outbreak of war he abandoned plans to do research and took an industrial job , but in September 1915 he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as a private soldier and served with the British Expeditionary Force . |