Example sentences of "was give command " in BNC.
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| 1 | William was given command of a schooner and spent the next 6 years trading on Lake Erie . |
| 2 | He was given command of his first ship three years later and named the Queen 's Equerry in 1986 following the death of Major Hugh Lindsay in an avalanche at Klosters while skiing with the Prince of Wales . |
| 3 | He had twice been badly wounded and was still hobbling around with a stick when he was given command of Fort Vaux , the smallest of the forts ringing Verdun but crucial to the defence of the important Fort Souville . |
| 4 | Caesar lists among his allies the Trinovantes of the Colne peninsula and the Iceni of Norfolk , while the anti-Roman forces were the tribes of Kent and a tribe on the north bank of the Thames , the name of which is lost but whose chief , Cassivellaunus , was given command of the British forces against Rome . |
| 5 | Once more Reg Pybus was given command and many believed he had inherited one of the great Whaddon sides . |
| 6 | Even the hajduk leader , Stanoje Glavaš , was given command of the troops guarding the main road along the Morava valley which formed part of the imperial highway between Belgrade and Istanbul . |
| 7 | After service at the Balloon School in Farnborough , he commanded the airship company in the short-lived air battalion of the Royal Engineers ( 1911–12 ) , and then , on the formation of the Royal Flying Corps , was given command of No. 1 Squadron ( Airships ) . |
| 8 | Indeed , the biography asserts that when Eustace first offered his services to John ( probably in 1205 ) , he was given command of thirty ships . |
| 9 | In December 1917 Malcolm was given command ( as major-general ) of the 66th division , which was badly mauled in the great German offensive launched by Erich Ludendorff in March 1918 . |
| 10 | In 1938 he was given command of Mercury , the top ( seaplane ) half of the Mayo composite , the lower carrier element being the Maia flying boat . |
| 11 | On re-entering the RAF , DCT was made an acting wing commander and , after a short period , was given command of No 77 Squadron flying Whitleys which , with his background , must have been a daunting experience . |