1.   A lot of actors in his position right now would be literally pleading their case.

2.   He traveled to Athens, sent there by Apollo to plead his case before Athena.

3.   In the cleaned-up government of President Aquino there was no Information Ministry to plead my case to.

4.   Mr. Thorpe then contacted the Health Authority himself and pleaded his case to no avail.

5.   Residents successfully pleaded their case at a council meeting.

6.   The Sox are employing a tough negotiator, Frank Casey, to plead their case before an arbitrator.

7.   He appeared before the Committee to plead his case.

8.   A tribunal was decided on in Rome and Philip sent ambassadors to plead his case.

9.   The Bosnian Muslims so far have not come to the UN and instead pleaded their case with US officials.