Sentence examples for request of a friend from inspiring English sources

He made his first animated film, "The Owl & the Pussycat," in 1968 at the request of a friend.

At the request of a friend, Mr. Rogovin began his first photographic series in 1958, documenting black storefront churches.

Typically, the complaint says, Instant Response Systems callers would say they were contacting the victim at the request of a friend or family member.

After appearing in a play in 1966 at the request of a friend, he soon gave up professional football to pursue an acting career.

She recently, at the request of a friend, introduced her to another woman the friend had very much wanted to meet.

At the request of a friend with five children, William and Leveda Faulkner, the self-proclaimed "grandparents of the neighborhood," rebuilt their rink.

Another day, he showed up at Intermediate School 43 in Harlem at the request of a basketball friend who teaches there.

Mr. Luo told the court at his trial that he had set up the account at the request of a family friend called Uncle Pan.

Composed originally for a school chorus at the request of a family friend of Lloyd Webber, the work met with unexpected success and later, as an expanded stage show, became a smash hit in the United Kingdom and, eventually, across the globe.

James interceded, at the request of a mutual friend, and told the singer that if he gave five thousand dollars to an F.S.U.-supported charity the attacks would stop — which, after the payment was made, they did.

"Karim Benzema has admitted speaking to [him] at the request of a childhood friend, who was approached by three blackmailers who were in possession of the sex tape," the source told AFP. "Benzema said he had agreed with his childhood friend on what he should say so that his team-mate would negotiate exclusively with him".