Sentence examples for commands a pair from inspiring English sources

As we talk, a drill sergeant behind him commands a pair of grappling members to fight for their lives.

While defending the Oosterbeek perimeter three days into the battle, Baskeyfield commanded a pair of anti tank guns that destroyed several enemy tanks before the crews were killed.

LUCIE, Fla .— When the Mets traded for Ramon Ramirez this winter, they got a right-hander with a lively fastball, a deceptive delivery and a good command of a pair of scissors.

To many people, drinking alcohol while in command of a pair of snow sticks is, west of the Azores, considered poor form.

The monkey's ball opens on command to resemble a pair of wings, allowing it to fly.

Two BlacommandTits of Afghanistan.

Among the most visible of these appointments were the recent promotions of two Navy Seal commanders to the No. 2 slots at a pair of military regional commands, a historic first.

"Find my car keys," she'd command, or, "Someone get me a pair of shoes".

In the above case, peer A1 uses a ping-pong mechanism (solid line is the PING command; dotted line is the PONG command) to compute the RTT between a pair of peers.

The aftermath of the billionaire's audacious takeover bid may prove highly unpredictable, but one clear signal is that Portugal's telecoms landscape is getting a bigger shakeup than it could by shimmying the chamarrita, a congenial folk dance where men and women glide in response to a caller's commands to pair up.

Later a pair of soldiers under his command go to prison for pushing two Iraqis into the Tigris River, one of whom drowned.