Sentence examples for her behest from inspiring English sources

But some people close to him say key appointments are made and unmade at her behest.

At her behest, mentoring young Washington area students became part of the daily responsibilities of senior White House staff.

At her behest, Calvert became a sponsor of the Community Service Club of Richard Montgomery High School.

Today, a steady stream of her famous friends called The New York Times at her behest to offer testimonials.

She ordered the memo to be shredded, resolving that if the euro area is to fragment, it will not be at her behest.

Or maybe it was the fact that he'd spent the morning spanking Keira Knightley at her behest (for a scene in the film, obviously).

In that sense, she inevitably puts herself in the position of the police by bringing the raid, willfully and at her own behest — under her own moment-by-moment decision-making — into being again.

The last time she saw him, she remembers, she was 15 and he had come to her home at her mother's behest to warn her against a slightly older man from the neighborhood who was walking her home from the train station.

She took up the cello at her parents' behest but professes to hate it, even though she made an all-county orchestra while vowing to skip the concerts.

At her parents' behest, she also took fashion classes at a nearby school.

At her agents' behest, Metcalf watched some of the original BBC series "Getting On" is adapted from and she found it "absolutely terrific".