Example sentences of "and hand [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They each came in and looked expectantly at Gooseneck , who showed them to a table with great ceremony and handed them a newspaper . |
| 2 | Dad was under his car working on it one Sunday morning when the police drove by and handed him a ‘ producer ’ , which meant that he had to go to the police station with all his driving documents . |
| 3 | Once inside the lift she pressed the button for the floor she wanted and handed him a folded sheet of paper . |
| 4 | Mr. Morgan understood the deceased to want to make a will and handed him a piece of paper . |
| 5 | She went into the bathroom and added water to the whisky , then came back out and handed him a glass . |
| 6 | Christina noticed that he looked grey with tiredness and handed him a plan he had missed . |
| 7 | Antonio fished in his back pocket and handed him a card . |
| 8 | Agrippa , like a little spider in his black garments , came up beside Benjamin and handed him a small sheaf of documents and two fat purses . |
| 9 | I slipped into my jogging gear and handed him a sweater to wear . |
| 10 | A girl seated inside the box-office smiled at him and handed him a ticket . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Be my guest , ’ Trent said and handed him the eight thousand dollars from his back pocket . |
| 13 | He looked at the Substitute who stuck the cigar between his teeth and handed him the sheet of paper saying : |
| 14 | Shepherd poured the T'ang a fingernail 's measure of the dark liquid and handed him the ancient bowled glass . |
| 15 | She blew smoke out , coughed , and handed him the cigarette and he took it without a word . |
| 16 | Marginally more in control , she sauntered back through to the kitchen and handed him the brush , carefully keeping her own fingers clear of his . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I am too young for this , ’ she said and handed him an article in return on the male menopause . |
| 19 | Creed walked towards him and handed him an envelope . |
| 20 | At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream . |
| 21 | A waiter came up to him and handed him an airmail copy of some newspaper . |
| 22 | As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 . |
| 23 | Megan unpacked the picnic tea and handed me a plastic cup . |
| 24 | She reached between her and Aline and handed me a half-finished bottle of Irn-Bru . |
| 25 | The farmer reached to the cluttered windowsill and handed me a bottle . |
| 26 | Simon had swivelled back to me and handed me a piece of paper with an address in Theobalds Road . |
| 27 | She unlocked the car herself and handed me the keys without comment . |
| 28 | 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 . ’ |
| 29 | She opened the envelope and handed me the forms which would be needed if the senator undertook the repairs to Masquerade . |
| 30 | If he came to me now and knelt and handed me the poker , I could n't hit him . |