be in authority
Example Sentences
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A woman who seemed to be in authority grabbed his wrist.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2011
It is a painful revelation, and the moral which it teaches us is, to be gracious to other poor suppliants if it ever comes to our turn to be in authority.
From The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
"To-morrow at midnight," said the first who appeared to be in authority.
From A Study in Scarlet by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The man whom the two girls imagined to be in authority over the group of people whom they had seen had promised to come to them as soon as he could help them.
From Madge Morton's Secret by Chalmers, Amy D. V.
At the great distance we are from home it behoves some one to be in authority, if we are ever to see the Netherlands again.
From Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Forbes, George
