Sentence examples for cards punched from inspiring English sources

In that book, some British sisters vie to get their dance cards punched.

The Detroit computer contro versy began last August, when the new machines, which were supposed to count the cards punched by Detroit's 500,000 primary voters went haywire.

The cards, punched with holes representing numbers or other data, were fed into a machine that converted the holes into electromechanical impulses for further tallying or processing.

They sign a log book there and return at the end to record their mileage and to have their cards punched.

If you use index cards, punch a hole in it.

You got your card punched by the numbers of bodies you counted".

Here's how G.M. described the system in 1966: For the route minder, the driver uses a special card punched for his destination.

By inserting a card punched with holes, an operator could control the motion of the rods and thereby alter the pattern of the weave.

He waved his security card, punched a code into a keypad and then leaned forward, carefully positioning his right eye in front of the box.

One of the series' memorable bit players has also hung on for "The Last Dance" -- if only to get his dance card punched.

At the ticket machine, I slid in my debit card, punched up the route and chose a day return.