Get to know Milland better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Milland in a sentence
Milland meaning
A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8326).
Using Milland
- The main meaning on this page is: A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8326).
- In the example corpus, milland often appears in combinations such as: milland was, milland found, milland took.
Context around Milland
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Milland
- In this selection, "milland" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chose, started, 148, 1974, cashed and took stand out and add context to how "milland" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include milland 1974 p and milland 1974 pp. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "milland" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with milland
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An accomplished horseman, Milland insisted upon doing this scene himself. (10 words)
After a short meeting, Milland was offered a seven-year deal with Paramount. (13 words)
According to Milland, 1939 also resulted in a second injury to his left hand. (14 words)
Milland (1974) pp. 93-94 Milland, in his autobiography, recalls that it was on this film that it was suggested he adopt a stage name; and chose Milland from the Mill lands area of his Welsh home town of Neath. (40 words)
When the studio chose Dorothy Lamour for the lead, Milland wrote in his autobiography that Lamour was confused to find that he was not to be her male lead and she requested Milland to be her co-star. (38 words)
Milland in character as Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend (1945) Milland's first concern with taking on the role of Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend was that he might overact and look amateurish. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Milland (1974) pp. 93-94 Milland, in his autobiography, recalls that it was on this film that it was suggested he adopt a stage name; and chose Milland from the Mill lands area of his Welsh home town of Neath.
Milland (1974), p. 112 MGM started Milland out as a 'stock' player, selecting him for small speaking parts in mainstream productions.
Milland (1974), p. 148 Milland cashed in his contracted first-class return ticket to Britain and found an alternative cheaper way back home.
Milland (1974), p.192 Instead Milland took up woodworking and outfitted a machine shop at the back of his newly built house.
Milland, (1974) p.218 After the external shots in New York were complete, in which hidden cameras were used to capture Milland walking the streets, the crew returned to Hollywood.
Milland (1974) p. 96 Believing that his acting was poor, and that he had won his film roles through his looks alone, Milland decided to gain some stage work to improve his art.
Milland, (1974) pp.216-7 Milland lost eight pounds for the role and spoke with the book's author Charles R. Jackson to gain insight into the illness.
Milland in character as Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend (1945) Milland's first concern with taking on the role of Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend was that he might overact and look amateurish.
When the studio chose Dorothy Lamour for the lead, Milland wrote in his autobiography that Lamour was confused to find that he was not to be her male lead and she requested Milland to be her co-star.
A confusing element was the introduction of retired Col. Milland Dikio, whom the NSA said had been charged to “refocus” the programme.
The stakeholders who thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) as the interim administrator expressed optimism that with him the objectives of the PAP would be realised.
He played father to James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland and Ray Milland, to name a few.
According to Milland, 1939 also resulted in a second injury to his left hand.
After a shambolic attempt to act parts of the script while actually drunk Milland quickly realized that he needed to understand alcoholism.
After a short meeting, Milland was offered a seven-year deal with Paramount.
An accomplished horseman, Milland insisted upon doing this scene himself.
As the Second World War continued, Milland found himself now appearing in more action orientated pictures.
As well as horse riding Milland enjoyed piloting aircraft and in his early career would loan out single-seater planes.
Between the strain of acting and the morbidity of the subject, Milland's home life deteriorated and he left for a period of two weeks.
By the end of 1936, Milland was now being considered for leading roles, and Paramount rewrote his contract, resulting in the tripling of his salary.
Common combinations with milland
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- milland was 4×
- milland found 4×
- milland took 3×
- milland to 3×
- ray milland 3×
- milland pp 2×
- pp milland 2×
- milland in 2×
- milland milland 2×
- milland wrote 2×