foreign correspondent

Converse of object

• base: The Herald story quoted a government spokesman claiming allegations of beatings could only have been reported by foreign correspondents based in Harare.

Preposition: for

• year: H Brian Hanrahan Brian Hanrahan has been a BBC foreign correspondent for 20 years.

Adjective modifier

• chief: Before then she was chief foreign correspondent at the Mail on Sunday.
• former: He was replaced by Henry Wickham Steed, the former foreign correspondent.
• veteran: Murray Sayle is a veteran foreign correspondent who has been living in Japan.
• last: As they led me away, I began telling the assembled press that the last foreign correspondent in their country was being thrown out.
• distinguished: One of our members lived abroad for many years as the wife of a distinguished foreign correspondent, another is an ex ballet dancer.
• British: This is personified by Alden Pyle, who is characterized by the cynical British foreign correspondent Thomas Fowler as ' The Quiet American ' .

Noun used with modifier

• affair: The awards were presented by former BBC foreign affairs correspondent and independent MP for Tatton, Martin Bell.
• news: She wishes to develop a career as a foreign news correspondent.
• press: The foreign press correspondents were surprised when they saw the house of the leader of the Ummah.