C.B.E.
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David Bowie turned down an award naming him a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or C.B.E., in 2000 because, he explained, “I seriously don’t know what it’s for.”
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2023
Henceforth, he would be a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or, Peter Morgan, C.B.E.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2019
But he has met her son, when Morgan was awarded a C.B.E., this year, for services to drama.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2016
Captain L. E. H. Maund, C.B.E., a few senior officers and a picked skeleton crew stayed aboard.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the French officials was M. Le Sous-Intendant Bezombes, C.B.E., who is the administrative head of the French Government services dealing with their own war graves.
From The King's Pilgrimage by Fox, Frank, Sir
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