"Don't do this, lad," his father pleaded in a soft voice.

His father is pleading to have his son be the first to receive the mark.

When the father pleaded for his son's life, Patriarca exiled him from the family.

My father followed us outside and pleaded our case.

Today, the father of a 13-year-old boy who died from the gas used by Russian forces when they raided the theater pleaded for ethnic tolerance.

I had gone there from Florida because my father had pleaded with me to go.

The father later pleaded guilty to attempted manslaughter and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Danny's father spoke last and pleaded emotionally for his son's release.

And don't forget, the murdered man's father pleaded for leniency.

The father of a young man imprisoned in Thailand has pleaded with the ambassador to work on his son's behalf.