| 单词 | demob |
| 例句 | If the self that made the work is demobbed when the work is done, then it follows that to begin a new work – impossible thought! – you have first to construct a new self. Kathleen Jamie on writing a book 2012-08-17T21:55:09Z The bulk of the action, really, took place forward in time, at a point when this trio had been released or demobbed and were trying to fashion quieter lives. Edinburgh fringe theatre 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z As a young man eager to be demobbed, Zinn recalls celebrating the dropping of the atomic bomb; it meant the end of a war he did not wish to return to. Howard Zinn's last testament to the immorality of war 2010-09-23T10:00:00Z A few years after being demobbed, Driver set up a nonprofit organisation called Arts In The Armed Forces, which puts on theatre performances for personnel at military bases. Adam Driver: ‘Compared with the military, acting isn't that difficult’ 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z After being demobbed, William won a place at London's Slade art school, moving to Paris afterwards where he met Picasso, Braque and others; he also became friendly with Alberto Giacometti. Block rocking dad 2013-02-26T08:36:22Z Neilson himself had been an enthusiastic if indifferent soldier, serving in Aden, Kenya and Cyprus, and after his demob had carried his military fantasies about himself into the domestic realm. Why The Black Panther can hold its head up high 2012-06-06T15:46:19Z When Ray was demobbed, he told his father he was going to join the Communist party. The Spirit of '45: 'The poverty was dreadful' 2013-03-02T21:17:20Z Once demobbed he hitchhiked around Europe taking pictures, then worked for Camera Press back in London. Unsung hero of photography Thurston Hopkins turns 100 2013-04-12T14:56:00Z On being demobbed in 1946, Lesser headed back to New York, intent on carving out a stage career for himself. Len Lesser obituary 2011-02-20T18:00:45Z After being demobbed, he joined the Nottingham Repertory Theatre as actor, stage manager and director. Charles Jarrott obituary 2011-03-06T18:49:41Z This time, I think, they are demob happy. Cannes festival diary: day 10 2013-05-24T12:17:45Z Admittedly, Williams had a cushy national service, but he was describing himself as a "suicidalist" from 1947, the year after his demob. Where does all the best comedy come from? Death and war 2012-07-06T21:30:01Z After being demobbed he returned to his first true love and opened an antique shop that flourished. Sam Beazley obituary 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z After demob, he divided his time between repertory and the West End before his television comedy career took off in 1960 with Michael Bentine's frenetic It's a Square World. Frank Thornton obituary 2013-03-18T12:54:23Z Badly wounded in Normandy, he deserted again after the war was over because he couldn't wait to be demobbed, and vanished into London to become poet and boxer Scannell. Deserter: The Untold Story of WWII by Charles Glass – review 2013-03-28T11:00:01Z On being demobbed in 1946, he quickly found work in the small London theatres, such as the Embassy in Swiss Cottage and the Q by Kew Bridge, that were the prototype of the modern fringe. Richard Pearson obituary 2011-08-02T19:32:58Z Designer Neil Irish conceived a chorus kitted out in bowler hat, demob suits and just enough makeup to hint at the theatrical mask, each different enough to suggest they're individuals. This play was all ancient Greek to me. But I liked it 2010-10-19T13:21:00Z He cut his teeth making documentaries during the war, attached to the US Air Corps Film Unit, and broke into low-budget features after he was demobbed. Spy Who Loved Me director Lewis Gilbert dies aged 97 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z After his demob he went to the Slade School of Fine Art, from where he graduated in 1957 and set out to make a living as an illustrator. Obituary: Raymond Briggs 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Back in the UK, he acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting and Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. Farnham newspaper veteran Sir Ray Tindle dies aged 95 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z When she was demobbed, Patricia, like other child combatants, received a reintegration package including clothes, bed sheets, shoes, three months of food rations and other basic items. 'Before I was kidnapped I had friends': the girl soldiers of South Sudan | Samuel Okiror 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z For 65, perhaps for 70 years, he refused to speak about his experiences on the French coast - when he left the US Army in 1945, he was demobbed with "the shakes", he says. 'I survived D-Day - then had my first champagne' 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z He was demobbed in 1958, slogged for two years, then got taken on by Vogue. David Bailey: 'Deneuve said it's great we're divorced – now we can be lovers!' 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z This is a patchwork team still but it is also demob happy and playing for the first time in five years with an adrenal sense of freedom. United produced 60 minutes of pure, uncut Ole-ball and then: enter gloveman | Barney Ronay 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z After the war he served in Singapore and Malaysia before being demobbed in 1948. WW1 veterans' group founder dies 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z According to UN guidelines, demobbed girls should be offered vocational training “in all types of occupations, including those traditionally limited to men and boys”. 'Before I was kidnapped I had friends': the girl soldiers of South Sudan | Samuel Okiror 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The champions have had a disappointing campaign - the one that they deserve according to demob happiness’s Antonio Cote - and defeat would leave them eight points behind fourth-placed Tottenham with seven games left. Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live! 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Edward stayed on in Rome studying architecture until he moved on to the UK in 1946, along with tens of thousands of demobbed servicemen and women. The house that Edek built 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z After being demobbed Clancy returned home to become an organiser for the Detroit auto workers’ union, only to find himself expelled during one of the early cold war purges of communists and fellow travellers. Clancy Sigal obituary 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Nearby were two demobbed frigates, recently owned by the Spanish navy. Where oil rigs go to die 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z After he was demobbed, he went to Cambridge where he was chairman of the University Conservative Association. Obituary: Tam Dalyell - BBC News 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Shortly after he was demobbed in 1949, he was spotted singing in a club by a BBC producer and went on to make a number of broadcast appearances as well as touring across the UK. Obituary: Jimmy Young - BBC News 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z After he was demobbed, he began training as an accountant before joining his parents in a small grocery business. Obituary: Paul Daniels - BBC News 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The main room is part of the lobby of a massive, demobbed hotel, the height of luxury in the '80s and a favorite of Communist apparatchiks. Finding the future of live music in a Krakow salt mine and more Unsound revelations 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z For two or three years after I first got demobbed, I don’t think I would have minded whether I lived or died. World War Two veterans: 'The people who say they weren’t frightened are liars’ 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z "They want people for a minimum of three years. They don't want loads of blokes thinking about when they're going to be demobbed." The last man to do National Service - BBC News 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z After leaving Bletchley Park, Ms Roberts was sent to Devon to work with the Royal Marines before being demobbed back to Salford, where her job at the battery factory was waiting for her. From battery factory to code cracker 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z It should be noted that Australia were demob happy by then. The Joy of Six: football miskicks 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z After demob he submitted prints of London street life to magazines. Observing the crowd: Bob Collins 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The 21-year-old left the Royal Flying Corps at the end of World War I and used his demob money to buy surplus food from the Army and sell it from a barrow in Hackney. How Tesco came to dominate 2013-09-09T09:04:47Z "After I'd been demobbed for two or three months I did miss it a bit, but being a single chap with a car and a good job, it wasn't so bad." The last man to do National Service - BBC News 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Egypt’s military chiefs expanded their business empire after the 1979 peace treaty with Israel, to provide work for thousands of demobbed conscripts. Schumpeter: Khaki capitalism 2011-12-01T16:06:02Z The figure dropped significantly in the 1940s, with hundreds of thousands of demobbed men returning to "civvy street". Numbers game 2011-07-22T23:17:42Z Back home, the family business had turned to war work, making uniforms and later "demob suits", where it had one third of the total market. Raymond Burton obituary 2011-03-15T18:59:59Z He was almost the last officer to be demobbed. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z "If the top kill works we will demob," said Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry on May 19. Oil Hits the Bayou -- and BP Feels the Heat 2010-05-20T19:15:00Z After serving the final two years of the second world war in the Royal Navy as a morse code operator, he started out as a journalist on demob in 1946 with the Greyhound Owner. Boxing mourns death of Carpenter 2010-03-22T17:24:00Z He spoke in a 1997 TV documentary about emerging from the Royal Navy after World War II in his demob suit and with £80. Pact with God leads millionaire to hand half his wealth to the Church 2010-03-22T11:14:00Z He, being now "demobbed" and a man of leisure, instead of reopening his flat in town, had taken up quarters at Courtenaye Coombe to superintend the repairs at the Abbey. The Brightener I'm sorry, sir, but I'm to be demobbed with the third batch, and I've got my warrant in my pocket. General Bramble What are you going to do for Mr. Sage, now that Department Z is being demobbed? Malcolm Sage, Detective I was only demobbed yesterday; to-day's my first day out of uniform. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel A footman 'e was before the War, but since 'e's been demobbed 'e's been out of a job. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 "Drive as fast as you dare without being held up," I ordered; and Timmins, lately demobbed from the Tank Corps, obeyed with violence. The Brightener And then the politicians poke their noses in and go and make peace, and Clemenceau demobs Aurelle! General Bramble We were going in the right direction and demob was in sight. Coming of Age: 1939-1946 A footman 'e was before the War, but 'e didn't take it up again arter 'e was demobbed. Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel As the savoury was being served he caught a scrap of conversation across the table. "... to the boat to see her off for demob.," the M.O. was saying to the Padre. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 He's demobbed, and has gone into the City. Helena When I was on service here in the Straits Settlements I declared heaven knows how often that the country would never see me again once I was demobbed. Tales of Chinatown The project was abandoned and when I left to be demobbed some five months later it still stood in isolation in the desert, a stark monument to false pride and stupidity. Coming of Age: 1939-1946 I was demobbed just about a year ago. Indiscretions of Archie Then I got stuck in Egypt till the Armistice happened, kicked my heels there some time longer, and, as I told you, finally got demobbed. Secret Adversary I bargained with Cousin Philip after Mummy's death I should stay out my time, till I was demobbed. Helena I carried this letter around with me for ages until after I was demobbed when I put it aside with other memorabilia and although I�ve hunted and hunted it has unfortunately disappeared.�� Coming of Age: 1939-1946 The officer said that it could be arranged but since my demob was imminent I would probably get home quicker if I let things take their course.�� Coming of Age: 1939-1946 Directly I was demobbed, the family started talking about the Land of Opportunity and shot me on to a liner. Indiscretions of Archie |
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