Sentence examples for papers in hand from inspiring English sources

He had his release papers in hand on Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

"Would you mind making a few copies for me?" Charmed, the waitress headed toward the back office, papers in hand.

"No matter what, I'm not taking off until I know we have those papers in hand," he said.

The officer came back, a sheaf of papers in hand, calling her name as he passed through the hallway of the bleeding and bandaged.

Several hours later, by mid-evening on Nov. 13, Mr. Boies was flying toward Tallahassee on a private jet with a sheaf of briefing papers in hand.

The police sealed the streets to most traffic, but the man in the tractor-trailer leaned out his cab window yesterday afternoon, shipping papers in hand.

Travel-papers in hand, you could turn yourself into an officially recognised foreigner simply by visiting the country next door which, with the advance of mechanised transport, became an ever more trivial undertaking.

I went to my corner, handed over my coins and, paper in hand, headed back into my lobby.

You left your cubicle, paper in hand, went to the senior editor's office, and, in a mealy way, complained.

The scenic designer settled into his seat on the aisle, pen and paper in hand for making notes.

He keeps stacks of newspapers in the front seat of his car and in spare cupboards, in case he finds himself without a paper in hand.