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Ermey in a sentence

Using Ermey

  • In the example corpus, ermey often appears in combinations such as: to ermey, ermey and, ermey had.

Context around Ermey

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

lee 2× possible 1× jacket 1× having 1× incorporates 1× seen 1× praised 1×

Often after:

calling 1× yelling 1× actually 1× wrote 1×

Sentence patterns with Ermey

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

after jacket ermey had made 1× also praised ermey s staggering 1× as possible ermey and the 1× ermey actually served 1× ermey had to 1× ermey s full 1× estimated that ermey wrote 50 1× had seen ermey s portrayal 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

canby echoed praise 1× during the boot 1× ermey actually served 1× ermey had to 1× ermey s full 1× he was initially 1×

Common sentence endings:

better for it 1× especially the insults 1× from the film 1× his own lines 1× not rehearse together 1× parris island scenes 1×

Words around Ermey

Just before it in the word index:

ermes 3 ermenegildo 7 ermelo 3 erme 2 erman 9 ermakov 2

Just after it in the word index:

ermias 4 ermine 16 ermineskin 3 ermita 7 ermond 2 ermotti 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aat 18 abhorrence 18 abms 18 absolutes 18 absorbance 18 abule 18

Corpus analysis for Ermey

  • In this selection, "ermey" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lee, possible, jacket, calling, yelling and actually stand out and add context to how "ermey" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after jacket ermey had made and also praised ermey s staggering. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ermey" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ermey

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Nathan also praised Ermey's "staggering performance". (7 words)

It incorporates Ermey's drill cadences from the film. (9 words)

He was initially cast to play Hartman, which role ultimately went to Ermey. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

During the "Boot Camp" sequence of the film, Modine and the other recruits had to endure the rigors of Marine Corps training, including having Ermey yelling at them for 10 hours a day during the shooting of the Parris Island scenes. (41 words)

It took D'Onofrio nine months to shed the excess weight. citation citation * R. Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, a Parris Island drill instructor who trains his recruits to transform them into Marines. (34 words)

Kubrick had seen Ermey's portrayal of Drill Instructor Staff Sergeant Loyce in The Boys in Company C (1978) and told the Marine that he was not vicious enough to play the character. (33 words)

Example sentences (14)

To ensure the actors' reactions to Ermey were as authentic and fresh as possible, Ermey and the recruits did not rehearse together.

Ermey’s “Full Metal Jacket” co-star Matthew Modine, who played Private Joker in the film and is in some of the clips included in Trump’s video, saw things differently.

By that time, a baker’s dozen of years after “Jacket,” Ermey had made many films, would make many more, and become a TV star, too.

I read once that the only 2 actors Stanley Kubrick ever allowed to improvise dialogue were Peter Sellers & R. Lee Ermey and we are all the better for it.

Canby echoed praise for Ermey, calling him "the film's stunning surprise … he's so good—so obsessed—that you might think he wrote his own lines".

During the "Boot Camp" sequence of the film, Modine and the other recruits had to endure the rigors of Marine Corps training, including having Ermey yelling at them for 10 hours a day during the shooting of the Parris Island scenes.

Ermey actually served as a U.S. Marine drill instructor during the Vietnam War.

Ermey had to catch the ball and throw it back as quickly as possible, while at the same time saying his lines as fast as he could.

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He was initially cast to play Hartman, which role ultimately went to Ermey.

It incorporates Ermey's drill cadences from the film.

It took D'Onofrio nine months to shed the excess weight. citation citation * R. Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, a Parris Island drill instructor who trains his recruits to transform them into Marines.

Kubrick estimated that Ermey wrote 50% of his own dialogue, especially the insults.

Kubrick had seen Ermey's portrayal of Drill Instructor Staff Sergeant Loyce in The Boys in Company C (1978) and told the Marine that he was not vicious enough to play the character.

Nathan also praised Ermey's "staggering performance".

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Common combinations with ermey

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