Example sentences of "[pron] hand over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I handed over a Ford transit van and its human contents to the Sussex constabulary . |
| 2 | I handed over a coin : that meant I 'd only got two left , but it was the fattest and quickest-gobbled 10p I 've ever spent . |
| 3 | I handed over a plethora of retirement gifts from her colleagues and wished her a long and happy retirement . |
| 4 | Superintendent Mercer arrived shortly afterwards and I handed over the key of the Biology Lab to him . " |
| 5 | Reluctantly I handed over the axe and made way for him , then stood , stretching my back . |
| 6 | At the end of this month I hand over the care of the diocese to Bishop John Crowley . |
| 7 | By way of preparation for this Friday the 13th escapade somebody handed over A Dictionary of Superstitions , which is not the sort of inspiration one needs . |
| 8 | She handed over a pink-tissued shape dripping with silver bows and gaudy ribbons . |
| 9 | Within moments I had decided to strip her to her expensive banker 's underclothing , lash her to a Quattrocento day-bed with fur-lined leather manacles , and whip her with unimaginable delicacy until she handed over a full power of attorney and yielded herself totally in a frenzy of self-abnegation . |
| 10 | She handed over a small metal cylinder . |
| 11 | She handed over a neatly wrapped ‘ mixed bunch ’ to one customer , with a chatty , ‘ Here you are , love , ’ and moved swiftly on to the next . |
| 12 | Lindsey smiled sympathetically as she handed over a prescription . |
| 13 | She handed over the pawn ticket . |
| 14 | They took her to her stall in the market , demanding she handed over the arms and propaganda they accused her of storing there . |
| 15 | She handed over the small package , and then ran her gaze once more over the chaos in the office . |
| 16 | She handed over the numbers , and said goodbye . |
| 17 | She handed over the corkscrew . |
| 18 | Those full-time farmers who handed over the holding to a family member at the age of 65 years were entitled to a larger state pension . |
| 19 | He probably thought a financial adviser was someone who told you to hand over the wallet or you 'd get your throat cut . |
| 20 | At Naba we were overtaken by the hospital train and discovered that their food supply had run out , so we handed over a whole case of sausages and one of tinned peaches . |
| 21 | The fighting in our immediate area seemed to have quietened down as we handed over the prisoners to join , I would think , about a couple of hundred , all gathered together in a field close to the orchard . |
| 22 | We handed over the stamped forms , which he gave to the koko for safe keeping . |
| 23 | ‘ We handed over the keys and MoT . |
| 24 | ROS : We take Hamlet to the English king , we hand over the letter — what then ? |
| 25 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 26 | Herself handing over the tickets and the hotel reservations tucked into one of those extra-large birthday cards . |
| 27 | Not so long as they handed over the pound notes — though smiling Clyde took most of those , the greedy sod . |
| 28 | Until 1948 the British ruled Palestine , but on 15th May that year the British mandate came to an end , and they handed over the country to the Jews . |
| 29 | French law has forced him to hand over the helms of Adidas and Bernard Tapie Finance , but he said : ‘ My new post is not incompatible with the presidency of Marseille . |
| 30 | Could he use his influence with the Secretary of State for Defence to persuade him to hand over the Ministry of Defence buildings so that the money that the Scottish Office has allocated is not used to pay for them ? |