After it was over, we went into the bar for a drink and the authorities came along.
About $1 billion of the money for the authority would come from Federal and state sources.
He is, in one sense, saying that his own authority came from God.
After dark, the local authorities came and told us that we could not camp there.
"My authority comes from God, sir, and you have no right to question it."
By the time I met him in mid-1994, though, his authority had come under serious challenge.
When the authorities come, he plans to tell them she is his wife to save her.
The authority of a manager might come from one or more sources.
Indeed, the authorities came under fire for taking so long to solve the case.
They had to be prepared in case the authorities came.