Gunner Sentence Examples

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  • Among them is the cosmopolitan Calanus finmarchicus, the earliest described (by Bishop Gunner in 1770) of all the marine free-swimming Copepoda.

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  • Only the rear gunner survived from the 15 on board.

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  • My father was a mid-upper gunner who served with 550 from 1944 to 1945.

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  • Why doesn't the red-haired gunner run away as he is unarmed?

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  • He became what was known at that time as a "gunner's lieutenant" in 1857, and from 1859 to 1863 he served as flag-lieutenant to rear-admiral Sir Thomas Pasley at Devonport.

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  • This is called " quadrant elevation," and the proper inclination was given by means of the " gunner's quadrant," a quadrant and plumb bob, one leg being made long to rest in the bore, or by bringing lines scribed on the breech of the gun in line with a pointer on the carriage; these were called " quarter sights."

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  • Sitting on the gunner's swivel seat in the rear cockpit, I had turned to face forward.

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  • Barry Gunner, as the reverend gentleman whose daughter is the first to be stricken by devil fever, has unusually good diction.

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  • The only way to destroy a tank is to throw a frag grenade into the gunner's hatch.

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  • When forced to retire to the enemy's first line, he captured a machine gun and shot the gunner with his revolver.

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  • Our man got killed but Private Wilson killed the machine gunner and captured the position and got the Victoria Cross.

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  • Unfortunately Edmund as very little information about his Uncle, other than he may have become a rear gunner although Edmund is not sure.

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  • Despite his wounds, Trooper Finney succeeded in getting the gunner to the waiting Spartan.

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  • All that remained was for David Reynolds to act as tail gunner and retain 5th place to the end.

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  • This gave the mid upper gunner a much better field of fire.

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  • The bren gunner I had left behind in the olive trees with the rest of the section.

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  • Tho the top turret gunner tried to put out the flames, the cabin was filled with smoke.

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  • I would recommend using the hellbender more for long range support with the rear cannon and a skilled gunner.

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  • With the help of a Bren gunner and two riflemen he then repelled an enemy counter-attack on the captured bunker with heavy losses.

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  • Tartaglia claimed the invention of the gunner's quadrant.

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  • As with all vehicles of this sort, reloading ammunition is a tedious process and the gunner is well-advised to avoid wastage.

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  • A sailor is said to be "rated A.B.," or in the navy "rated petty officer," "seaman," "gunner," and so on.

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  • A huge, broad-shouldered gunner, Number One, holding a mop, his legs far apart, sprang to the wheel; while Number Two with a trembling hand placed a charge in the cannon's mouth.

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  • He is in the hut here, said a gunner, coming up to Tushin.

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  • He now saw clearly the figure of a red-haired gunner with his shako knocked awry, pulling one end of a mop while a French soldier tugged at the other.

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