Sentence examples for commission him to from inspiring English sources

A patron would commission him to retell a story and he was paid in royalties.

Or, you could commission him to create a personalised sculpture for a special occasion.

In 1986, the Guadalajara cartel dispatched Martínez to the Colombian port of Barranquilla, in the hope that someone might commission him to fly drugs up to Mexico.

So accomplished were Bass's titles that when a colleague suggested to Mr. Scorsese that they should commission him to work on the film "Goodfellas," he replied: "Do we dare?" Luckily they did.

It's reassuring that the editing of this material should fall into the capable, sensitive and caring hands of Paul Ryan: it is to be hoped that a discerning publisher will commission him to write a biography.

Both of these statements were volunteered by analysts attached to distinguished brokerage houses in Wall Street, and they inspired us to telephone our broker & commission him to buy five shares of General Motors for our account..

He commissioned him to do first graphics, then his home.

BBC2, he tells me, has commissioned him to direct a 90-minute film set in Hackney.

Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas commissioned him to do remixes of their songs.

A local writing center commissioned him to compose an original song.

Symphony Orchestra and Gatti-Casazza has commissioned him to write a grand opera for Metropolitan.