Example sentences of "hand [adv prt] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four Hartlepool organisations received a cash boost yesterday when the Mayor , Coun Trevor Lloyd , handed over cheques from the civic lottery fund . |
| 2 | The end-of-term atmosphere was maintained when Mrs Kinnock dressed up as an air hostess and handed out sweets to the accompanying press corps . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , evidence has emerged that the West Berlin branch of Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's Christian Democratic Union party ( CDU ) has been active in stirring pro-unity emotions in Leipzig , supplying demonstrators with West German flags and handing out stickers in the black , red , and gold of the two German flags with the slogan : ‘ We are one people . ’ |
| 4 | He spent the day handing out details of the new Archers Addicts Fan Club for which , needless to say , there was a fast trade . |
| 5 | However , it is sprightly compared with the pronouncement on ‘ automatic honours for public servants ’ by Richard Shepherd , the Conservative MP : ‘ It almost has the quality of handing out lollipops to the general satisfaction of the recipients . ’ |
| 6 | She had never seen Ianthe handing out books to the ill-mannered grubby students and cranks of all ages who frequented the library of political and sociological books where she worked . |
| 7 | Hrawi underlined his determination to press ahead with the security plan on Oct. 24 when he formally ordered all militias to leave Beirut and to hand over positions to the Lebanese Army . |