Example sentences of "[pron] handed [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response to the unasked question she handed them the last cans . |
| 2 | She handed him the two parts of the torch and waited for him to piece the thing together . |
| 3 | She handed him the long cane , and flinched when he swished it through the air to produce a vicious , menacing whistle . |
| 4 | She handed him the woebegone bouquet , the bird 's head dangling , its coxcomb a broken-stemmed blossom ; he took it , bowed his head , and pinched the child 's cheek as he showed his teeth gritted in greedy affection , the expression that says to children , ‘ Aahah ! |
| 5 | The officer who handed us the unofficial communique was risking his neck by taking a public stance against racism amongst his colleagues . |
| 6 | He handed her the double bladed paddle as she continued , ‘ I shall go down as far as Browns Mill , so could you possibly pick me up here about five thirty ? ’ |
| 7 | Back in the bedroom , he handed her the discarded nightshirt , his face carefully blank as Leonora scrambled into it , so unsteady on her feet that it was a relief to get back beneath the covers . |
| 8 | He handed her the folded documents as he prised open the first box . |
| 9 | I paid the hostel owner three thousand intis for the last time and he handed me the neat slip , carefully signed and stamped twice : ‘ Hostal America PAGADO . ’ |
| 10 | He handed me the seventeenth-century pamphlet , which I had left on a table on the landing . |