Sentence examples for instructed sir from inspiring English sources

He went on to inform him that he had instructed Sir Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secretary, to meet Sir John to discuss how the civil service could help.

It was suggested that the police evidence was perjured, and as a result the Home Secretary William Joynson-Hicks instructed Sir Archibald Bodkin, the Director of Public Prosecutions, to investigate the possibility of perjury.

"There is a simple way for Gordon Brown to clear up these serious allegations, that is by instructing Sir Phillip Mawer to investigate whether any breach of the Ministerial Code has taken place".

Or as Dr. Johnson instructed Boswell, "Sir, the insolence of wealth will creep out".

The garden would have provided a retreat from the castle, and was intended to delight, entertain, and instruct Sir David's distinguished guests.

Hunt was instructed to woo Sir Robert Haslam, the head of British Steel, to take over from him.

David Cameron has instructed Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood to look into the row between the ministers.

"It's what I was instructed to do, sir".

Winston Churchill aspired to recreate a Balkan Front comprising Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey, and instructed Anthony Eden and Sir John Dill to resume negotiations with the Greek government.

"Give her the full throttle, sir," he instructed, and then, "D'you know what I'm going to tell you, sir?

After all, Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's chief of staff, famously instructed the then ambassador, Sir Christopher Meyer: "We want you to get up the White House's arse".