Sentence examples for had orders to from inspiring English sources

I had to leave, because I had orders to leave.

"I think they had orders to shoot, quite frankly.

The Turkish police had orders to shoot him on sight.

Some of the police told journalists that they had orders to keep back.

"They had orders to shoot to kill," said Gehad el-Haddad, a Brotherhood spokesman.

"We had orders to turn off the lights and not approach the windows".

The Congolese officer repeated that he had orders to keep everyone in the compound.

Even the diplomats had orders to seek out the cryptic methods of alchemists in other countries.

Officials said they had orders to shoot curfew violators on sight.

Chamberlain had orders to shoot the mutineers — his fellow Mainers — if they refused duty.

The unit had orders to supply an anti-aircraft battery in the area.