Example sentences of "[vb past] as master " in BNC.
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| 1 | My reporting for the Times-Herald under the avuncular guidance of Fred Workman ran the whole spectrum of events , incidents and activities : I spent days at the annual Wild West Rodeo and Stampede absorbing as much of the cowboy lingo as possible ; I acted as Master of Ceremonies for a fox trot competition sponsored by Cal Temple and Trudie , his business-like wife ; I interviewed all visiting celebrities including MacKenzie King , the Prime Minister , and R.B. Bennett , the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa ; I interviewed Jimmy Gardiner as Minister of Agriculture , after he gave up his post as Premier of Saskatchewan ; I covered celebrity concerts and the annual Chatauqua programmes , among many other things . |
| 2 | He was officially appointed on the following day , and served as Master until Christmas 1644 . |
| 3 | During the 1650s he served as master of the Clothworkers ' Company and an assistant of the Levant Company . |
| 4 | When , later in 1582 , Sir Humphrey Gilbert [ q.v. ] was preparing an American colonizing expedition , Clerke entered his service and served as master of his flagship , the Delight , first under William Winter and then Maurice Browne as captains , between June and August 1583 . |
| 5 | He later resigned as master because of disagreements with the fellows . |