Use "corporal" in a sentence

1. ‘Lead the way, Lance corporal

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2. Nathaniel led his horse and followed the lance corporal to the gate

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3. ‘With me, sir,’ said the lance corporal

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4. ‘Working,’ answered the lance corporal

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5. Nate and the lance corporal mounted the stairs

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6. ‘Thank your, lance corporal

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7. A corporal called out time, berating those who fell out of step and complimenting those who marched straight and proud

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8. Very rough estimates of their average corporal weight are recorded at more than 3,000 pounds for the males—sometimes reaching up to 7,000 pounds for the big-time, in-between-meal snackers! The females come in a bit lighter, due to their wanting to watch their figures and maintain their sex appeal, of course

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9. (Hey, it’s not just us humans who get obsessed about corporal aesthetics!) For that reason and when necessity called—due to there not being any jumbo-sized showers or hippo medical facility specialists available in his domain—he would frequently visit one of the local cleaning stations and call upon the Courageous Cleaners to assist him with his personal care

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10. A Lance Corporal from the Fusiliers appeared and said

11. “No thank you Corporal we shall be moving on after this smoke we have collected all the men from our Company in a trench on the left and I think my lads here are the last to be found

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12. ” The Corporal responded by saying, “Very good Sir but if you should change your mind we are round the corner”, then having told us this he made his way down the trench to the next set of men

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13. Corporal Bob Simmons came along and said

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14. We had a smoke and then moved off myself and Corporal Kenny had been detailed to bring up the rear keeping an eye out for enemy ambushes from behind us

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15. “Oh by the by are you alright for water I hope they didn’t forget about you and Corporal Kenny?” I replied

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16. “Well it would seem that under the circumstances we can overlook the uniform this time so just wait there a moment”, and he shouted of a Corporal in the back room

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17. “Right lad go with the Corporal here and he will see you get a new uniform the see the Paymaster he will issue with a little of your outstanding pay the rest you will get from your Battalion

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18. ” I thanked him and followed the Corporal to the stores and there I received a brand new uniform including socks underwear and boots

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19. Christmas had arrived and the first lot of leave men were allowed to go home George as a Corporal had gone along with CSM Domby and Captain Melstone

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20. “I’m a Lance Corporal and you can’t talk to me like that I’ve a good mind to put you on a charge”, and his face turned bright red

21. “Don’t worry Corporal there will be nothing left of the Germans not after the pounding we have given them

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22. “Here you are Corporal just kick this in front of you and then follow it”, and he handed Frank a football

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23. Major Melstone and RSM Greaves came over to us and the RSM said, Right young Lamb you are now a Lance Corporal the Colonel has made you up in the field now hold out your arm

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24. “Well Ill be blowed its Corporal Lamb now is it what escapee from a lunatic asylum made you up?” A voice from behind him replied

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25. He was enrolled on the Shenandoah as the ship’s corporal

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26. “Well thank you Corporal Lamb it saves me having to press gang someone

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27. “You have been on a Lewis gun course Corporal Lamb so get it set up where it will do the most damage and pick yourself a loader

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28. “This is a good place you’ve chosen here Corporal Lamb you should be able to rake them from here

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29. “Sir Corporal Lamb will need a loader for the gun so I don’t mind staying”, I know Bert was about to say something but a look from Ted silenced him

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30. “Oh and by the way congratulations on being made up to Lance Corporal

31. “How are you feeling Corporal Lamb?” I looked cautiously at him wondering who he was but I replied

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32. “You see the problem is Corporal that so many men were killed from your Battalion in the first attack and there are so many still missing that we are trying to build up a record of who’s who

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33. “I saw Corporal Frank Lord go down right at the start I don’t know if he is dead but Pte Nobby Clarke definitely is, the same goes for Bert Hall, Sam Brown, Fred Hargreaves, Mickey Jones, Dusty Miller, S/Sgt Ted Wallace, Lieutenant Johnny Pearson and Major Melstone

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34. “Listen Corporal this is very important is there anyone you can think of who can corroborate your story I mean anyone at all?” I replied

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35. “Right Corporal just give me the names in your own time and I will see that this nonsense is put to bed were it belongs

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36. “So I’m very much afraid Corporal that the CSM is out of the question and he can give you no help whatsoever

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37. “No I’m sorry Corporal the Provost would never allow it them being witnesses and all

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38. We think that they may have known something about his desertion and that he was trying to silence them whatever happened they are dead Sir and Corporal Lamb is still alive

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39. “Oh yes just one minute have you anything to say in mitigation Corporal Lamb?” Again before I could answer Lt Howarth leapt in saying

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40. “Sir may I just say that Corporal Lamb here joined up under age and that he is still under age being only seventeen and that he was also made up in rank for bravery in the field

41. “You misunderstood me Sir these are character witnesses I’m afraid they were no where near Corporal Lamb or what happened

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42. “Right Corporal Lamb tomorrow I will be with you all the way and we will get through this together

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43. “I apologise Corporal of course I won’t face the firing squad I just wanted you to know that I will not only be here with you physically but mentally as well

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44. " Announced an indistinguishable corporal

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45. " Announced the corporal to another sat at a desk

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46. The two guards watched her approach, one a corporal, one a private, both with disdainful eyes

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47. The corporal handed the weapon to his comrade

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48. Neither Amaranthe nor the corporal spoke while his comrade was gone, though he sent numerous suspicious glances her direction

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49. ‖ Captain Purvis stuck his head around the corner and said, ―That‘s right Corporal Thaxton

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50. The soldiers in the trenches escaped into the town, however, and only eight privates and a corporal were captured

51. The corporal in charge—she could see his rank now—glared at her as if she was responsible

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52. “Take her back to the fort,” the corporal said

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53. The corporal growled and jerked her around

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54. “Sir, I protest,” Amaranthe said, as the corporal manhandled her through the gate

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55. The two soldiers avoided glares the corporal sent them, no doubt wondering how they had let her pass

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56. ” The corporal released her with a shove

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57. There were but four mourners, two Negroes, a corporal of the 71st, and myself

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58. “I’m sure this kept you very busy, but did you happen to find out anything about Corporal Lokdon?”

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59. Some wounded that I had assisted at the front gave me a faint smile of recognition; a corporal watched with anxious eyes for his brother, taken to the table, and when they gently told him the soldier had answered a higher call, he gave up hope and died, sobbing quietly

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60. The lone corporal manning the desk gave her a bemused smile

61. “Those aren’t the names they gave me,” the corporal said

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62. “I’m not the one paying for their meals,” the corporal muttered, but he glanced at his subordinate, who waited hopefully in the doorway

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63. The corporal grumbled under his breath, disappeared into the office for a moment, and returned with paperwork

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64. ” The corporal pointed at Amaranthe

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65. “Luckily; that Corporal Hendry, he’s a good friend

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66. I’ve never even been considered for so much as flight leader, or even a corporal when I was in the infantry

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67. That’s why the corporal began throwing firecrackers out of the shadows inside the hangar door

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68. That would be the corporal

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69. He learned to deal with Corporal Whittington and I

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70. “You got something like this for the rest of the lads?” I asked Corporal Whittington

71. Groups of men, boys, pilots, soldiers, miscellaneous clusters like myself and Corporal Bill

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72. This guy has to be my new corporal

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73. Perhaps the corporal thought I was still wet behind the ears

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74. The corporal moved off to investigate before I got too involved

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75. Corporal Bill came in with cups, steaming with strong coffee

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76. Now it was Corporal Bill’s turn to plague me

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77. “I think the men would mutiny,” said Corporal Bill

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78. Howard-Smythe, Whittington, (the corporal) and I just sat and grinned because it wasn’t quite so new to us

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79. After a moment of silence, the corporal came back

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80. He needed a smoke, and the corporal gave him one

81. The corporal was also writing, and he had a question

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82. “Why would they do that?” asked Howard-Smythe, who along with the corporal, participated in all of our briefings and de-briefings

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83. “That’s a good point,” said Howard-Smythe, making sure the corporal wrote it down

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84. Even the corporal was doing it now

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85. “Two fighters? I’ll just go check on the progress,” said Corporal Whittington as I closed my eyes in exhaustion

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86. Hopefully the corporal flipped the leaves this morning

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87. The corporal stood beside me

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88. “How’s that tape holding?” the corporal asked Saul

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89. Corporal Whittington went over to the command tent

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90. While waiting for the corporal, I asked Biggsy, “How does it feel?”

91. “Oh, God! A really good sport could let the other guy win one once in a while,” I heard an exasperated Corporal Whittington tell the pair

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92. “Here you are, sir,” reported Corporal Bill as he brought me a coffee and a batch of papers

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93. ‘Give me a form,’ I beckoned to the corporal

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94. “Pass that around,” I told the corporal in a mellow tone, all filled with confidence

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95. Hall?” asked Corporal Whittington, who was supervising a bit of a clean-up operation

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96. When he had finished, Colling thanked the corporal and hung up

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97. ” Ferguson once again reminded him that in the pre-war Army, it would have taken as much as five years for promotion to corporal

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98. When the corporal returned from his weekend in Munich, Colling added the dollars that Smith brought him to his other cash

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99. He could deposit the funds in his soldier’s funds with the Finance office, but that would raise questions about how a corporal making $60 a month had accumulated thousands of dollars, especially since he had not been drawing full pay, but had left better than half his pay on deposit in his soldier’s account since joining the Battalion

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100. He eventually went to sleep curled up on one of them, until he was shaken awake by an Air Force corporal who told him that he could board the C-47 that would take him to the Air Force base at Rhein-Main