Example sentences of "[coord] hand [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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1 | As he fished , twisting his wrist back and forth , trying to get hold of more , a policeman came up and handed him the pile off the pavement . |
2 | ‘ Be my guest , ’ Trent said and handed him the eight thousand dollars from his back pocket . |
3 | He looked at the Substitute who stuck the cigar between his teeth and handed him the sheet of paper saying : |
4 | Shepherd poured the T'ang a fingernail 's measure of the dark liquid and handed him the ancient bowled glass . |
5 | She blew smoke out , coughed , and handed him the cigarette and he took it without a word . |
6 | Marginally more in control , she sauntered back through to the kitchen and handed him the brush , carefully keeping her own fingers clear of his . |
7 | ‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was . |
8 | She unlocked the car herself and handed me the keys without comment . |
9 | How Alan kept his temper I will never know , but he quietly sorted out the mess , mounted a huge Loch Ordie , rowed out from the shore again and handed me the fly rod : ‘ Here , Bruce , you fish , I 'll work the dap and mind the oars . ’ |
10 | She opened the envelope and handed me the forms which would be needed if the senator undertook the repairs to Masquerade . |
11 | If he came to me now and knelt and handed me the poker , I could n't hit him . |
12 | As he finished he smiled and handed me the empty plate . |
13 | Doyle smiled , almost beautifully , as though everything had come right , and handed her the small gun . |
14 | He ripped open one of the little silver foil packets and handed her the lubricated ring of rubber . |
15 | ‘ Take a look , ’ said Joe , and handed her the paper . |
16 | ‘ Look at this , ’ he said to Cleo , and handed her the delicate instrument , which was a web of vanes and strings . |
17 | The young man closed the boot of the car and handed her the keys . |
18 | He finished painting in a silence so icy she could almost feel its frosty fingers on her skin , then climbed down the ladder and handed her the paintbrush . |
19 | ‘ Thanks , ’ he said , and handed her the keys . |
20 | But later he had come back and handed her the letter , the letter Adamus had typed , from the Scarabae . |
21 | By the age of eleven I was collecting the money from the customers and handing them the change they were due . |
22 | I heard Mick unzip the tent he shared with Paddy and hand him the tea . |