"seek" nach Englisch mit Beispielen - Kollokationen-Wörterbuch Englisch
- To the end of his life he continued to seek preferment, but the king regarded his pension as an adequate settlement.
- "Majesties-I did not come here seeking preferment," Geordie protested.
- He had travelled to London to seek preferment from Dr.Henry Compton, Bishop of London, but the bishop had been informed that in 'The Choice' Pomfret had advocated the keeping of a mistress.
- He remained in his diocese, destitute and disliked, and on 16 December 1558, after Elizabeth's accession, he wrote to William Cecil relating his woes and seeking preferment.
- An admired scholar, of exceptional powers as a preacher, and in great favour with his bishop, Joseph Hall, Boys was deterred from seeking higher preferment by an exceeding modesty.
- He did this by publishing nine of his sermons in 1719, and in 1721, 1723, and 1730 he published collections of his verses (at each juncture a time when Smedley was seeking preferment).
- The publication of fawning letters from Young seeking preferment led many readers to question the poet's sincerity.
- Never seeking regimental or staff preferment, Colonel Chesney never obtained any, but he held at the time of his death a unique position in the army, altogether apart from and above his actual place in it.
- He studied at Cambridge and the Middle Temple, working for a short time as a lawyer with his uncle, Richard, but soon sought preferment at court.
- If a lad h real promise, he went to Balliol, if he sought preferment, he we to Christ Church; and if he wanted to cut a figure, he went Trinity.
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