8 sentences with 'colonel'
Example sentences and phrases with the word colonel and other words derived from it.
• « The lieutenant colonel made no public statement about Casey's involvement in the Iran-Contra affair while Casey was still alive. »
• « The lieutenant colonel cashed some traveller's cheques at the grocery shop, at the dry cleaners, and for other personal expenses. »
• « -Sir," replied the other, "if you can't tell the difference between a two-star general and a colonel, you'd better get some glasses. »
• « As an officer he fought in Africa and Europe, obtained the rank of lieutenant colonel and in 1811 decided to return to his homeland to offer his services to the cause of independence. »
• « With the rank of colonel, Juan Lavalle took part in the war with Brazil and was promoted to general for his intervention in the battle of Ituzaingó. »
• « The lieutenant colonel in charge of the prison informed us that 15 prisoners were serving sentences there for treason, for having attempted to escape from the country, although not a single one of them was in the cells that day. »
• « Later, the lieutenant colonel informed us that, coincidentally, six of the most articulate and politically active men we had asked to see were hospitalised due to a sudden flu epidemic, and that we would not be able to talk to them. »