Sentence examples for had petitioned him from inspiring English sources

This is something the main opposition Democrats had petitioned him to do, arguing that the constitution empowered the monarch to take such action to resolve a crisis.

Mount Kōya was given to Kūkai in the year 816 by the emperor Saga after Kūkai had petitioned him for permission to build his monastery there.

When a woman in the audience asked if he'd do "Dancing With the Stars," he said they had petitioned him but that he was too busy to train.

In his final year in office, he can still build a positive climate legacy if he prohibits oil exports and takes other key steps like ending new auctions of publicly owned oil, gas, and coal on federal lands and oceans as hundreds of environmental organizations and community leaders have petitioned him to do.

After Yankovic learned that his fans had petitioned for him to headline a Super Bowl halftime show, he realized that he lacked a sports-themed composition in his repertoire, and decided to write "Sports Song".

Mr. Russell had petitioned the court to keep him in jail indefinitely and had become depressed when a judge last month granted him probation, sentencing him to freedom.

His friends said he had hoped to bring his family over to join him; he had petitioned for asylum on the basis of his opposition to China's family-planning policies, a justification commonly used by Chinese asylum-seekers.

When fans had found out about Salva's appointment, they had petitioned the club not to employ him.

Meanwhile his landlord had petitioned the Moroccan government to deport him.

Mr. Kitsmarishvili had petitioned to appear, saying a refusal to hear him would show that the inquiry was hollow.

He had petitioned for reinstatement to Commissioner Roger Goodell and met with him earlier in the week.