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Example sentences for "considerable army"

  • The king, quitting for a time his quarrel with Becket, gathered a considerable army, and in 1165 passed into Wales.

  • Edward, on hearing this, put to sea with a considerable army; but winds and waves were steadily opposed to him, and he was compelled to put back and leave Thouars to its fate.

  • Robert Bruce brought a considerable army to the assistance of his brother, and wasted the country up to the walls of Dublin; but Roger Mortimer coming to the relief of the city, he was forced to retreat.

  • The king, being joined by the princes Rupert and Maurice, lay at Oxford with a considerable army, about fifteen thousand men.

  • By these means Edward succeeded at last in collecting a considerable army, and sailed for Flanders at the end of August.

  • Presently, when the French prince came over with a considerable army to join the insurgent barons, he retired northward, leaving London and the home counties to his rival.

  • This was the turning-point of the rebellion; within a few days the council had collected a considerable army, which marched through Essex scattering such rebel bands as still held together.

  • A former member of the Union, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden, had for some time been engaged in assembling a military force, which soon amounted to a considerable army.

  • The king himself prepared to follow with a considerable army; and thus all England seemed united against a pretender who had at first engaged their attention and divided their affections.

  • By spending every shilling that he could raise, and even pawning the crown jewels, the king collected and equipped a considerable army.

  • Wallace kept the field at the head of a considerable army, partly consisting of his own experienced followers, partly of the smaller barons or crown tenants, and partly of vassals even of the apostate lords, and volunteers of every condition.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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