Sentence examples for on the trigger of from inspiring English sources

In one, the baby's finger was placed on the trigger of a pistol.

Every guardsman's finger tightened on the trigger of the rifle he was holding, or so it seemed.

"Those who have their finger on the trigger of protective actions carry a huge responsibility," said Peter Carl, the European Commission's director general in charge of trade issues.

/ With your hands on your head / Or on the trigger of your gun?" Threatening your rivals and writing scatological lyrics is one way to be "controversial".

Lou Reiter, a former deputy chief of police for Los Angeles who is now a law enforcement consultant, said Officer Conway should not have placed his finger on the trigger of his gun if he did not intend to shoot.

A man repeatedly described as unfit for the office by senior members of his own party will be the commander-in-chief with his finger on the trigger of more than 4,000 nuclear warheads.

The PM has already conceded that MPs will have a say on the triggering of article 50.

Today's Daily Express front page likened the "threat" of a high court ruling on the triggering of article 50 to that of Hitler.

In Mazar's main square, eyeing one another from the backs of their dusty Pajero pickups, equipped with roll bars, fog lights and plastic flowers on the dashboards, are about 50 fighters from each side, fingers on the triggers of rocket-propelled grenade launchers, Kalashnikovs and machine guns.

The situation was resolved within hours by the intervention of a senior Shiite cleric, but not before we had been blindfolded, driven 20 miles into the desert, and dumped after dark in a remote cinder block building under the guard of a dozen hostile men with fingers on the triggers of Kalashnikovs.

The cross section factor C represents the effect of a lateral concavity or hollow on the triggering of shallow landslides.