Sentence examples similar to superior ordering from inspiring English sources

In March , 1984 a superior ordered Ah Kay to kill an insubordinate colleague.

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

One afternoon in June, a superior ordered him home to get some rest, and on the way he crashed his car into a guardrail.

A "Yes, but" answer came when their superior ordered the dismantling of a modest boat they had built to ply the wondrous Allegheny.

When a superior ordered male Marines not to curse in front of female Marines — as if the women were too delicate to take it — she spit an expletive his way.

A police superior ordered Woods to start helping others, the living.

"When a superior ordered the lab to follow the directive, Eason decided to retire rather than pay tribute to Helms.

A lawyer for Mr. Campbell, a decorated marine who is now a professor at the University of Delaware, said the film was edited to take out footage in which Mr. Campbell made clear that only soldiers who witnessed the atrocities firsthand would be allowed to testify at the hearings, and footage in which he recounted his military superiors ordering him to kill innocent civilians.

Captain Schettino has said his superiors ordered him to get close to an island, Giglio, for better sightseeing.

His superiors ordered him to set up a temporary base here, on a forested ridge above a dirt road.

For sticking by his troops when his superiors ordered him to abandon them Jackson was loved; his soldiers nicknamed him Old Hickory on account of his toughness.