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Example sentences for "chief officer"

  • Then as a chief officer of some kind is necessary, the first question to solve is the manner of his appointment.

  • The less a constitution necessitates the delegation of authority to officers, and especially to a chief officer, the more perfectly republican it is.

  • Designed by Commander Wells, chief officer of the London Fire-Brigade, it was brought into use in the brigade in July, 1897.

  • Toucher, and later Served in the capacity of Chief Officer F.

  • The following was the personnel of the ship's officers on this and the two following cruises: Chief Officer, F.

  • Chief Officer Blair, stationed with a few men under the fo'c'sle-head, kept an anxious eye on the anchor chain and windlass.

  • If ever a man would do his best to save the situation, that man is my chief officer.

  • I'll have a signal sent to my chief officer, Mr. Devoran, and he will act as my deputy.

  • They in turn signalled on to my chief officer, who by wireless communicated direct with my London agent.

  • What do you know of McKenzie, chief officer of the Ansonia?

  • Mumford, my chief officer, laughed in my face when I whispered this notion into his ear; but he changed his tune when they opened fire upon us, I can tell you.

  • I am Captain Prescott, and this is Mr Mumford, my chief officer.

  • From apprentice to chief officer," I said, feeling it would be the safest plan to tell him everything.

  • As if to accentuate the sting, that was my first voyage as chief officer.

  • He advised me earnestly to cable to Singapore for a chief officer, even if I had to delay my sailing for a week.

  • You have signed the ship's articles as chief officer, and till they are terminated at the final port of discharge I shall expect you to attend to your duty and give me the benefit of your experience to the best of your ability.

  • Just then Captain Nemo and his chief officer appeared.

  • And then, besides being my chief officer, he was a personal friend, and was largely interested with me in this pearl-shelling venture, though he had no share in the brig.

  • They are altogether too fond of my intelligent ass of a chief officer, and must be got rid of.

  • I came out here to Sydney two years ago, chief officer on the Maid of Judah.

  • I am glad of that, for I tell you just as that man obeyed my orders, regardless of the consequences, so would every other man in my employ, from my chief officer down to the little native lad who pulls the punkah.

  • Skipper and ten men shot, chief officer dirked, first saloon passengers of importance cleaned of their valuables and locked up in their own berths.

  • And as he passed along to his bath, his black eyes smouldered upon the chief officer, who remembered the many insults he had swallowed from this dirty engineer, and hated him.

  • Positively I might have had no chief officer!

  • If I've told my chief officer once I've told him fifty times, I will not have a cuspidor on the bridge for the man at the wheel.

  • The ship was The Lady of Lynn, 380 tons, Robert Jaggard, master marines, being captain, and I the mate or chief officer.

  • I had then with me, as chief officer, Franz K.

  • To pluck a chief officer of tried ability in a first-class line is a serious matter, and rightly before doing so the examiner took a second opinion.

  • My chief officer in the African was a man I have mentioned before, E.

  • I did not concern myself about this until the agent made the statement to my chief officer.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    ascetic life; brought here; chief engineer; chief good; chief magistrate; chief mate; chief named; chief officer; chief part; chief pilot; chief priest; chief priests; chief rabbi; chiefly applied; chiefly because; chiefly found; distinct vision; four winds; good portrait; good scout; hold water; million miles; mixed spice; rather short; shod hoofs; well seen