noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
first lieutenant
flight lieutenant
second lieutenant
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
young
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There was a-small desk beside a narrow bed and the young lieutenant , Benson, sat at it.
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I opened the door as a young second lieutenant walked by.
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Instead of Etienne, however, he saw a young lieutenant , barely out of his teens.
■ NOUN
colonel
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One 12-year-old boy arrived, claiming to be a lieutenant colonel .
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She is a nice enough lady whose husband is a lieutenant colonel , U. S. Army, retired.
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He found the lieutenant colonel , although only touching fifty, almost impossibly grand.
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He landed at night, and was met at base ops by a lieutenant colonel .
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He had been a lieutenant colonel in public relations in Baltimore.
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Similarly, the army, when faced with a budget cut, never points the finger at desk-bound lieutenant colonels .
deputy
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He had acquired an estate at Llanherne in Carmarthenshire and became a deputy lieutenant of that county in July 1674.
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In 1623 he was deputy lieutenant in Cambridgeshire, and in 1625, a colonel of the Suffolk regiments defending the coasts.
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He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and deputy lieutenant of the county.
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In practice, most of them have previously been deputy lieutenants .
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Named one of Parliament's deputy lieutenants in March 1642, his subsequent military record was undistinguished.
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He was a justice of the peace, served as sheriff of the county, and became a deputy lieutenant in 1585.
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He was a deputy lieutenant of Selkirkshire and an honorary sheriff substitute.
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He also served as deputy lieutenant for the county of Essex.
governor
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Three years as a legislative liaison, six years in the state senate, four tedious years as lieutenant governor .
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In 1982, at the age of thirty-seven, John Wade was elected lieutenant governor .
lord
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And contact with royalty gives the lord lieutenants real influence.
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Admiral Bryson, an expert on guided weapons, was not of conventional lord lieutenant stock.
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More than one lord lieutenant told me almost apologetically of the number of supplicants who sought his intervention with the democratically-chosen authorities.
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Matheson was appointed lord lieutenant and sheriff principal of the county of Ross in 1866.
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The responsibilities of the lord lieutenant for raising the militia only disappeared in 1921.
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The lord lieutenants have used their association to act like any trade union, and lobbied for a government grant.
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The other duty of the lord lieutenant under Elizabeth was the appointment of justices of the peace.
top
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Viacom employees said they were surprised because they had no clues of any rift between Redstone and his top lieutenant .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In 1623 he was deputy lieutenant in Cambridgeshire, and in 1625, a colonel of the Suffolk regiments defending the coasts.
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Lapointe had been shot, and there was no gun found on the other lieutenant , Lefevre.
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Matheson was appointed lord lieutenant and sheriff principal of the county of Ross in 1866.
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Rojas, 34, is reportedly a trusted lieutenant of Cerpa.
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The lieutenant bucked like a horse.
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The lieutenant snorted in disgust, and strode off around the room to bully his men.
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Then you can tell the lieutenants that.
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We parted with warm affection and I expect, someday, to hear he has been made a lieutenant .