Possessives

• rule: The same elements are present in the case of the gunner's rule, but not in quite the same sequence.

Converse of object

• shoot: When forced to retire to the enemy's first line, he captured a machine gun and shot the gunner with his revolver.

• kill: Our man got killed but Private Wilson killed the machine gunner and captured the position and got the Victoria Cross.

• leave: Which leaves the Gunners in a bit of a pickle.

• see: The increasing use of artillery also saw master gunners offering their services for hire.

• become: Unfortunately Edmund as very little information about his Uncle, other than he may have become a rear gunner although Edmund is not sure.

• get: Despite his wounds, Trooper Finney succeeded in getting the gunner to the waiting Spartan.

Adjective modifier

• rear: Only the rear gunner survived from the 15 on board.

• tail: All that remained was for David Reynolds to act as tail gunner and retain 5th place to the end.

• German: The transit time for a convoy through the danger area was five hours which was plenty for the German gunners to range on ships.

• Iraqi: Iraqi gunners have shot down unmanned Predator spy drones.

• upper: This gave the mid upper gunner a much better field of fire.

• British: The British gunners had little time to prepare their positions.

Modifies a noun

• position: The pilot gets to fire off a devastating bomb from the front and there are 2 AA gunner positions.

Noun used with modifier

• operator/air: General Notes: He was a pilot officer in RAF - wireless operator/air gunner.

• mid-upper: My father was a mid-upper gunner who served with 550 from 1944 to 1945.

• Bren: The bren gunner I had left behind in the olive trees with the rest of the section.

• antiaircraft: Then came the antiaircraft gunners; then the Eastern Command contingent.

• turret: Tho the top turret gunner tried to put out the flames, the cabin was filled with smoke.

• wireless: General Notes: He was a pilot officer in RAF - wireless operator/air gunner.