The skirt had, against my instructions, been cut in four gores.

Yet everyone was hesitant about asking Dimas directly, against his mother's specific instructions.

I can't let you go against your parents' explicit instructions.

Like the fact that you have re-entered the United States against my most explicit instructions.

The public sector is likely to throw up issues that may require the individual to go against the organisation's instructions.

When she goes against her superior's instructions, he shoots her.

The call, going against Metro Council's explicit instructions, was noticed only one day before they would be published.

They found that the plant was running machinery against manufacturers' instructions, resulting in two explosions that burned several employees.

Alvara had taken a deadly risk, going against The Shadow's instructions.

The jury secretly discusses the case in a restaurant, going against the judge's instructions.