Sentence examples for despite being warned that from inspiring English sources

This was despite being warned that it would cost him dearly and bring his private information back into the public domain, he added.

Four of them refused to come back to the hall, despite being warned that they were breaching an order, and two days later were expelled from the school.

After watching the promo films, I had expected them to inflate dramatically when I hit the pump button, despite being warned that the videos were slightly exaggerated.

I met a cheerful young man who had recently been conscripted to officers' training and was out on the square despite being warned that this was prohibited for officers.

Udorie emphasises her commitment to the feminist cause, despite being warned that this belief system had "corrupted" her, that it was "not part of my culture, it was incompatible with my religion and it was un-African".

Eddie Jones is prepared to leave his British & Irish Lions at home this summer despite being warned that England must beat South Africa or forget about winning the World Cup.

According to Waad, Fawkes managed to rest through the night, despite his being warned that he would be interrogated until "I had gotton the inwards secret of his thoughts and all his complices".

Again, this was despite the drivers being warned that they had to leave room for a rival who had any part of his car alongside any part of theirs.

A civil rights organizer named Thalia Zepatos stood up for marriage equality in Oregon, despite being a straight woman and being warned that skinheads could be targeting her for a violent attack.

He couldn't have been conscious for longer than an hour, but despite being warned that the worst might happen, and despite the fact that apparently the worst actually did happen momentarily last night already, for him at least, the joy one might feel at still being alive seems to have worn off a little.

As his team chased a target of 251, Brown – while at the non-striker's end – took to wandering out of his crease extensively in search of extra runs, presumably safe in the knowledge that it would be awfully unsporting for someone to run him out, despite being warned by Mankad twice that's exactly what he'd do.