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Example sentences for "captain over"

  • Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

  • And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

  • Captain Over, as he stood with Catalina at a booth on the platform buying substantial tortillas made of eggs, meat, and potatoes, repeated the conversation.

  • At two, Captain Over, and don’t forget to bring Cousin Lyman.

  • She dropped the portmanteau and, drawing a long breath, called with all the might of lungs long accustomed to the ranch cry: “Captain Over!

  • Wherefore the hearts of the townsmen were transported with joy when they saw that the Prince himself was so taken with Mr. Experience, that he would needs make him a captain over a band of men.

  • It is,' said Emmanuel, 'that thou shouldest be a captain, a captain over a thousand men in my beloved town of Mansoul.

  • So the Prince gave out orders forthwith to the King's secretary, that he should draw up for Mr. Experience a commission to make him a captain over a thousand men.

  • And Emmanuel, at his second return to Mansoul, made him a captain over a thousand of the Mansoulians, for the good of the corporation.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    all the; ammoniacal solution; being unable; beyond doubt; captain bold; captain over; company with; compound words; eastern side; great captain; keen look; long series; loyal subjects; moist atmosphere; pretty certain; railway system; several hundreds; single vowel; sound philosophy; special election; successive generations; that these; thys tyme