Sentence examples for ordered him to avoid from inspiring English sources

The following morning Cleburne's superior ordered him to avoid initiating battle until reinforcements arrived.

His doctors ordered him to avoid work indefinitely, and in the meantime his security license expired.

The board denied parole for another year and ordered him to avoid having to be disciplined and to seek psychiatric counseling.

It is thought likely that the king had ordered him to be killed to avoid the disgrace of executing a prince of the blood.

Johnson was ordered to avoid all contact with her.

Metropolitan police officers have been ordered to avoid "flirting" with and accepting alcohol from journalists.

The cash the drivers give him in order to avoid trouble soon adds up to the amount Lucky needs.

I am vaguely suspicious that she is slightly overstating her disappointment in him, in order to avoid the question of what, exactly, is wrong with the Labour party now that there's a socialist in charge.

Kenshin encounters Shigure and defeats him in order to avoid the start of a war.

Over dinner, she recounts the incident to her family members, who ask her why she didn't just comply with the man's request and smile at him in order to avoid conflict.

While it was true that I did keep some things from him in order to avoid big blowups (for example, if he found out that I'd had a burger and fries for lunch, he would pinch my minimal belly fat and spend literally hours lecturing me about how disgusting I was, so it was a lot easier to just tell him I'd had a salad instead), I'd never really thought of myself as a pathological liar.