Sentence examples for orders given to him from inspiring English sources

Possibly based on orders given to him during his visit to England, Andros began to assert New York authority over East Jersey after George Carteret's death in 1680.

A late start, uncertainty about the direction the Prussians had taken and the vagueness of the orders given to him meant that Grouchy was too late to prevent the Prussian army reaching Wavre, from where it could march to support Wellington.

In 1821 his favouritism towards one party in a princely dispute, contrary to the orders given to him, gave rise to a severe reprimand and a formal restriction of his ability to operate without consulting Ochterlony, as well as the removal of Kota from his charge.

"Eduardo Delacruz refused the orders that were given to him," Mr. Green said.

"The orders had been given to him by his superiors in the military police chain of command, military intelligence and civilian intelligence".

Selman also stripped Diaz of the order of merit award given to him in 2009, according to Spanish-language media.

A superior took his water from him, poured it out and ordered that no more should be given to him.

When asked who gave the orders to give him the ball, Martin said, "Lawrence Frank; you know, our coach".

Was someone giving orders to him?

Finally, since as the oldest sibling I had some right to give orders, I gave him permission to go.

And he said he had signed an executive order giving him powers to impose sanctions on key sectors of the Russian economy.