Sentence examples for errand and a from inspiring English sources

Three of the party survived – an adult and a child who had left the building on an errand, and a child who was outside and clung to a tree as the waters rose.

I'd quibble with a few of the queries — asking the executives to predict a price target for their stock seems like a fool's errand, and a couple of Sorkin's questions make things we want banks to be doing (buying corporate bonds, and lending to companies that are actually willing to make deals) sound sinister.

Need someone to run an errand and a peon will schlep across this overcrowded city of 21 million.

I put the Mercedes through a mix of tasks, including suburban errands and a trip up the Taconic Parkway for a day of skiing.

Garson Kanin, Miss Gordon's husband of 43 years, said that even her last day of life was typically full, with walks, talks, errands and a morning of work on a new play.

Wearing black sling-back Manolo Blahniks and a gray pants suit with a brooch shaped like either a flower or a jellyfish, Kelley seemed ready for a day whose schedule included eight interviews, a working breakfast, a few errands, and a book party, followed by a dinner in her honor.

Forty is realizing that a birthday of chores and errands and a candlelit family dinner is exactly what I wanted.

The visit was possible after Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the United States sailed into Tokyo Bay in 1854, after being dispatched by President Millard Fillmore on the errand, and reached a trade agreement with the Japanese.

Instead of running an errand here and an errand there, designate a set time each week and make a schedule.

He sends the younger man off on an errand and gives Scout a chance to confront him directly and say what's on her mind.

After discovering that her fiancé is a member of the Mafia, a woman undertakes a mysterious errand and is embroiled in a homicide investigation as a result.