Her boss sent her on an errand into town.
He bustled the maid off on an errand.
My mother asked me to go on an errand; she wanted me to buy some food.
The boy quickly went on an errand with money clasped in his hands.
Captain: I apologize, emissary, but the prince is away on an errand. What brings you to this desolate place?
The housekeeper and Hareton were invisible; one gone on an errand, and the other at his work, probably.
I was about to leave the house on an errand, and my husband was getting ready for a dental appointment.
I had just fastened our pinafores together, and hung them up for a curtain, when in comes Joseph on an errand from the stables.
