Example sentences of "who have retired from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Douglas , who has retired from the England squad , has lost only twice this season — to the No 1 Carl Prean at the English National 's final and nine days ago in the final of the Essex Open to Alan Cooke , who also moves up a place to No 4 . |
| 2 | As a matter of fact er as the years went by we got this benevolent fund and we used to give all the old w as a mat we got a pension fund I know it do n't sound much now , but at that time like during and just after the War we paid twelve and sixpence a week pension to all everybody who 'd retired from the union after they 'd done time , and we also gave them extra grants and took them on er you know outings until a time I said , Well we 're spending all this money on outings , we could buy a bungalow at the seaside and let them all go you know pensioners go in their turn free . |
| 3 | Another influential grandfather was a Scots miner who had retired from the pit to become the gardener of a big house at Broomie Knowe . |
| 4 | Fierce , sourly wise old adepts , who had retired from the field of stars , coached the intake of novices in the outer secrets of the art of the Inquisitor , his ken and practice . |
| 5 | Abas , who had retired from the intelligence services in 1988 , was alleged to have been responsible for human rights violations during the period of military rule in 1980-83 . |
| 6 | Rawlings , who had retired from the air force on Sept. 14 in order to comply with electoral rules excluding serving members of the armed forces from candidacy , stood for the National Democratic Congress ( NDC ) [ see p. 39084 ] . |