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Example sentences for "public dinner"

  • A public dinner to commemorate the event was held, under the presidency of Mr. C.

  • A special train was run over the nine and a half miles of line, the Earl of Leicester entertained a large party at Holkham, and in the evening his lordship presided over a public dinner, held at the Crown Inn, Wells.

  • The members were received with great enthusiasm on their return to Yarmouth, and were entertained at a public dinner, given at the Theatre, on April 12th.

  • The town of Attleborough was, for the first time, lighted with gas, an event which was celebrated by a public dinner at the New Inn.

  • This is generally done at a public dinner, when the Lord Mayor proposes the healths of such persons as he intends to nominate for sheriffs.

  • A public dinner is given at Christ's Hospital on the Monday evening, and a similar one at St. Bartholomew's on the Tuesday.

  • He might also recommend it in consequence of His Royal Highness being the very best chairman of a public dinner.

  • If it is thought desirable that we should have a public dinner, I should be happy to take the chair.

  • After the formalities attending the reception Governor Clinton gave a public dinner at Fraunces' Tavern, at which the Commander-in-Chief and other general officers were present.

  • The Victoria hotel had been opened with a public dinner, at which J.

  • A public dinner of the supporters of Mr. Wilshere had been held at the Town Hall.

  • Five hundred and fifty feet of the Wellington Pier had been opened to the public, the Corporation attending, and in the evening there was a public dinner at the Victoria Hotel in honour of the event.

  • A public dinner was to be held to celebrate the passing of the Reform Bill, and Mr. Windham, the Liberal candidate for E.

  • At Richmond he was entertained at a public dinner, and escorted far on toward Petersburg by a cavalcade of gentlemen.

  • At Wilmington, in North Carolina, he was received by a military and civic escort, entertained at a public dinner, and attended a ball given in his honor in the evening.

  • On the twenty-eighth he reached Georgetown, and partook of a public dinner given by the mayor and corporation.

  • He was met at the very threshold of his own estate by a cavalcade of citizens of Alexandria--his neighbors and personal friends--who invited him to partake of a public dinner.

  • Part of the money was devoted to the purchase of a silver tankard, which was presented to the inventor, together with the balance of the subscription, at a public dinner given in the Assembly Rooms at Newcastle.

  • Cheetham carried round a subscription-list for a public dinner.

  • In the evening he was present at a public dinner given to him by a large number of members of Congress, and other distinguished persons.

  • On the present occasion there was a public dinner, with pompous speeches by Messrs.

  • He was entertained at a public dinner in the evening, and at another on the evening of Friday, the 26th.

  • His friends were purposing to give a public dinner in his honor in order to show their regard for him as a man, and their appreciation of the credit his writings had brought to his country.

  • The society of Free Masons gave him a public dinner, which was uncommonly sumptuous and splendid, and the mayor of the city entertained him with distinguished hospitality.

  • No one who would wish to think well of humanity ought to attend a public dinner.

  • An Englishman can do nothing without a public dinner.

  • I immediately proposed a public dinner in Bristol, to celebrate the joyful event; but I could get no one to join me.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    biblical literature; chance for; dear marquis; full load; public address; public amusement; public auction; public authority; public building; public charge; public education; public enemy; public funds; public inspection; public library; public matters; public meetings; public morals; public nature; public performance; public resort; public servants; public services; public speech; public square; you knew