George's head came up as if it was on a string.

I said she's tried to keep you on a string just in case she didn't land the next fish.

And each of them would have paid $19.99 for a rock on a string.

His life was being pulled out of him like a fish on a string.

That's when you know you've got them on a string.

"You could just keep a few big men on a string and rule it all."

Harry did indeed look like a man with the world on a string.

It is like when you have a ball on a string.

At times he made the ball look like it was on a string.

Nick jumped up as if he were on a string.

A door key on a string which can be reached through a letter box.

Her money turned out to be beads on a string.

I'll have husbands and still keep you on a string.

No, actually he is wearing something on a string around his neck.

If it looked down, she was dead meat on a string.

She found herself nodding again, as if her head was on a string.

It came out on a string, and there was a bang.

Instead I was led away like a puppy on a string.

It could have her on a string I can't even detect.

Consider spinning a rock on a string over your head.

Beautiful summer days followed, one after another, like blue and green beads on a string.

I think the man wants to keep me on a string for the rest of my life."

"I don't think even Lisa had that many guys on a string at the same time."

"A woman who still has half the men in London dangling on a string."

The rest of the family sat nearby on a string bed, resigned, waiting for the end.