Sentence examples for taken instructions from inspiring English sources

"taken instructions" is correct and usable in written English
You can use this phrase when referring to an individual who has accepted particular commands or directions. For example, "John had taken instructions from his boss and started the task immediately."

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Five customers come and go – questions asked, phone calls taken, instructions given, payments made.

The security council is due to reconvene this afternoon after diplomats have taken instructions on how to respond to the draft resolution.

He said the arrests staved off "very serious threats of terror attacks, which were planned and for which these people had taken instructions".

The Court held that by adopting this practice, the Registrar had not taken instructions from the Customs as she was permitted by rule 7(3) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules to exercise discretion to determine the value of motor vehicles by relying on the Customs OMVss.

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"He has never taken instruction from anybody".

I was used to taking instructions from my older sister.

He could take instructions next week, at the earliest.

Miss De Palacio has denied that she took instructions from home.

The father grumbled but kept taking instructions from his young teacher.

"Defense counsel have to take instructions from the client," he said.

"I am appalled that the Home Office is taking instructions from Assad," she wrote.

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