Sentence examples for maps in hand from inspiring English sources

ON little Star Street, a sliver of a lane in Hong Kong's Wan Chai neighborhood, a group of hungry friends and I walked up and down the same block, iPhone maps in hand, a handful of times before pausing before a quiet apartment building.

State election officials want maps in hand by Sept. 1.

His tactics succeeded, and, with maps in hand, he returned triumphantly to England.

For a few days a year since then, art students, gallery owners, scenesters and journalists have arrived, maps in hand, sniffing out the next big thing.

Of particular concern to them is that, with the maps in hand, developers eager to take projects to fruition can use them to apply to counties, and ultimately the state, for amendments — thereby opening the door to encroachment on sensitive land.

But at 7 p.m., the dinner hour, the TV in the room next to ours was turned off, and the 11 of us, resort maps in hand, navigated around clumps of retirees, down a few long halls and a couple of lobbies and lounges, to arrive, at last, at the large main dining room, where Bruce Aymes, the maitre d' seemed to be expecting us.

I didn't begin to think about the reality of a two-week language course or the prospect of living with an Italian lady until I was standing outside the train station, map-in-hand, navigating my way to her flat.

Map in hand, we approached the gold.

Map in hand, I forged through changing neighborhoods in the former East and West.

Map in hand, he walked through a patch of jungle that had been harvested last year.

With map in hand you can now try to navigate the jungle of your life.