Sentence examples for petitioned him from inspiring English sources

In faraway Fairfax, close to Washington, a "meeting of loyal citizens" petitioned him to open the polls to end "their present condition of anarchy".

When two of his more troublesome students petitioned him to open up the arts-and-crafts room at night, Baldessari offered them a deal.

Before George W. Bush left office, Franzia petitioned him for pardon, and was turned down.

William Sancroft, the archbishop of Canterbury, and six other bishops petitioned him against this and were prosecuted for seditious libel.

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.

Following the irate Glastonbury-goers and Ottawa Bluesfest attendees who petitioned against his lack of rock credentials this summer, 54,000 people petitioned to have him removed from the Games on the grounds that he wasn't Canadian enough.

The man, James R. Pearson, 49, remained at the Pima County Jail on a tuberculosis violation, more than two weeks after the county health department petitioned to have him taken into custody.

A group of students petitioned to have him replaced as speaker after he compared gay marriage to bestiality and pedophilia last week.

In the aftermath of the debacle Nicholson returned to London, taking four Indian chiefs with him, and petitioned Queen Anne for permission to lead a more limited expedition against Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia.

That year, Mr. Tsang moved to New York, found work in Chinese restaurants, saved money and petitioned for his wife to join him.