Sentence examples for drop a package from inspiring English sources

In Palsgraf railroad employees helping a passenger onto a train negligently caused him to drop a package he was carrying.

In the suburbs, a drone could perhaps be programmed to drop a package in the backyard or wherever.

Then you get asked to drop a package off to pay off your debt, and before you know it, you're initiated.

The drone managed to fly over the prison and drop a package of similar size and weight to a handgun before withdrawing without being noticed by any of the staff on duty.

Amazon has already spent nearly £500m on automating its warehouses and announced earlier this month – amid a lot of scepticism about the feasibility of such of a scheme – that it is developing delivery drones designed to drop a package on doorsteps for use within the next five years.

There's no point in scheduling a set delivery time, he explained: "Compared with cities, there isn't as much a sense of structure". People phoned to ask him to drop a package off at the local market or post office or medical clinic.

"Excuse me, lady, but you dropped a package when you came out of that store", he said.

An example included in Amazon's patent filing is roof repair: the drone that drops a package on your doorstep might notice your roof is falling apart, and that observation could result in a recommendation for a repair service.

"On my first visit back to New York a lady dropped a package, and I said something to her in Spanish and I was surprised when she had no idea what I was saying," he said.

The Guam Memorial Hospital dropped a package of medical supplies to Yap, although planes containing aid flying onto the island were disrupted by the damaged runway.

He strafed the German base at La Brayelle to "attract attention" before dropping a package on the aerodrome with a note reading, "If you won't come up here and fight, herewith a pair of boots for work on the ground, pilots for the use of".