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Usage examples of gibbons.

The Captain had seen the scuffle and was warning Gibbons about the likely consequence of a formal duel.

Hogan watched Gibbons retrieve his horse and disappear from the alleyway.

He pointed to Christian Gibbons who was riding his black horse onto the field.

He watched as Gibbons walked his horse delicately to within a dozen paces and stopped.

Damn Gibbons and his money, damn all officers who could buy such thoroughbred beauty.

It was said that they planned to marry once the army reached Madrid and that Gibbons had promised her a house and a life of dancing and gaiety.

Lawford, like Gibbons, summed up all that he hated most about the army: how money and influence could buy promotion while others, like Sharpe, rotted in penury.

Christian Gibbons walked his horse to the head of the British column and sat staring at the three women.

Then there was the clatter of hooves and Sharpe saw Lieutenant Christian Gibbons ride onto the bridge behind Hogan.

Hogan waved, wished him luck, and turned back to the convent leaving Sharpe facing Gibbons across the water.

There had been no time to clean the blade, and Gibbons could scarcely take his eyes off the crusted blood.

Major Forrest heard me give the order to Lieutenant Gibbons, who then carried it to Sharpe.

The officers in the courtyard cheered her on and shouted abuse at the two figures who emerged after her, Gibbons and Berry.

Suddenly he saw them, Berry standing with a bottle and watching Gibbons, who had forced the girl to her knees and was trying to force the bag out of her hands.

He looked at Gibbons, who paraded on his horse with the Light Company.