Sentence examples for thing in hand from inspiring English sources

"We don't have a thing in hand!" Her seems to come from the same place – the desire, above all, to be comforted, cradled.

And that small target strategy – assuring everyone the Coalition has this economic transition thing in hand (without talking too much about the $48b tax cuts which have turned out to be pretty unpopular) – has successfully denied Shorten the direct engagement he needs to have any chance of success.

The shivering Morgan bank assistant, awaiting a hand-me-down topcoat from his associates in steam-heated America, suggest that war has penetrated areas where it was never intended to penetrate by those who felt that they always had the thing in hand.

"I personally got Obama elected!" Adam Horovitz, of the Beastie Boys, said, with a cup of Butterscotch Frozen Thing in hand.

Fortunately, some countries appear to be taking things in hand.

but also have many interesting things in hand in the area of jur[isprudence].

Sirleaf tells voters that she's got things in hand, and Tubman should get in line.

And how long would Mr Sarkozy have tolerated dithering before stepping in to take things in hand?

"We repeatedly asked the president to interest himself in the institute, but he didn't take things in hand.

"Today's events document the fact that the chancellor no longer has things in hand," said Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the opposition Social Democrats, who was Mrs. Merkel's rival in the race for chancellor last year.

Gerhard Schröder, the chancellor, had hoped that "Agenda 2010", his package of reforms of welfare, pensions, health care and the labour market, would convince his public that he had taken things in hand.