Example sentences of "he volunteered for the " in BNC.

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1 No one could understand why he volunteered for the Commandos .
2 he served with the Irish Guards before he volunteered for the Commandos , and you can be sure that he will have you playing that tune as often as possible , as long as you do n't play it around this H.Q , I do n't mind . ’
3 He had trained as pilot and after the war , as the Jewish struggle for statehood intensified , he volunteered for the Israeli air force and found himself in a squadron of old Piper Cubs , Fokkers , Messerschmits , Dakotas and Avro Ansons , few of them airworthy .
4 At sixteen , he volunteered for the Navy .
5 Ebenezer Judge had resigned from the Brotherhood when the Great War began ; he volunteered for the army , and was sent to Flanders .
6 And er so when I came back after the War he says er , I object to him starting , he 's not come f direct from conscription , he volunteered for the Army .
7 On 11 March 1812 he volunteered for the San Domingo ( 74 guns ) , probably to avoid being pressed into the navy .
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