Sentence examples for commanded up from inspiring English sources

He spent over a decade fighting for the Farc, eventually becoming an explosives expert who commanded up to 54 guerrillas.

Although fictionalised, the film is inspired by the story of Radio Caroline, which, in its heyday, commanded up to 23m listeners.

Mr. Hawke, for instance, will receive about $2 million for his work in "The Purge," or double what he could have commanded up front.

She has commanded up to $20m for a single contract, and was rumoured to have ended her six-year deal with lingerie giant Victoria's Secret because they had refused to increase her $5m-per-year pay packet.

The demand for tickets was so frenzied that on some nights extra chairs were placed in the aisles, while scalpers on the street commanded up to $100 a ticket.

Embry, the artist's granddaughter, said that at his peak in the 1970s and 1980s, Hebald commanded up to $80,000 for privately commissioned bronzes.

Today her pieces can command up to £85,000.

Jackie can command up to four at once.

English-language shows can command up to twice the price of a French-language production.

Similarly, demographically targeted ads can command up to 70% premiums over generic advertising.

Sold in Asia, they can command up to $350 a pound, Mr. McCloy said.