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The phrase "taking instructions from" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are describing an action of following instructions from someone else. For example: She had no choice but to take instructions from her manager.
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I was used to taking instructions from my older sister.
The father grumbled but kept taking instructions from his young teacher.
"I am appalled that the Home Office is taking instructions from Assad," she wrote.
Şık was allegedly taking instructions from Ergenekon leaders to write a book tentatively entitled "The Imam's Army".
A bias towards your own country is one thing; directly taking instructions from your country's government, however, is quite another.
They charged that the three had maintained secret contacts with Mr. Ocalan's rebels, giving them money and "taking instructions" from them.
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So much for taking instruction from clairvoyants.
Neither the US nor China would accept taking instruction from a new international body.
When he was 14 he began taking instruction from George R. Wiggin at a school in Norwood, Mass.
If you have young children, work with them prior to your trip on setting boundaries, behavioural challenges, and taking instruction from strangers.
In after-school classes, library programs and even summer camps, increasing numbers of children are strategizing over chessboards, kibitzing at tournaments and taking instruction from certified chess masters.
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