Example sentences of "handed [pers pn] over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he handed them over to the Syrians , the major received a special word of thanks from representatives of the country which would , ten years later , help the Americans to bomb Libya . |
| 2 | On each overseas train , a team of fitters and lifters from the Works accompanied them to their destination and handed them over to the RAMC coupled up , and ready for use . |
| 3 | He denounced the entire coven of Slaanesh worshippers , including his mother , and handed them over to the Phoenix King . |
| 4 | He was nicknamed ‘ The Resurrection Man ’ because he would row up and down the river by night , fishing up floating bodies — and picking their pockets before he handed them over to the police and claimed his reward . |
| 5 | He then slowly pulled out some bank notes and furtively handed them over to the large man , who patted him on the back and quickly got off at the next station . |
| 6 | We tied his arms behind his back and handed him over to the next village headman we encountered . |
| 7 | Oddly , much credit for this advance has also to be given to Pius X who , in 1909 , founded the Biblical Institute ( the Biblicum ) in Rome and handed it over to the charge of the Jesuits , the Dominicans having earlier founded the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem . |
| 8 | Er they went , had a look , took the appropriate action and er phoned the police and handed it over to the police . |
| 9 | ‘ Surely Maurice would have known what it was — and handed it over to the kidnappers accordingly . ’ |
| 10 | Harland 's chairman , Dr John Parker , was n't sad to see the ship go this week when he handed it over to the Navy in a ceremony at Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside . |
| 11 | The poet picked it up and handed it over to the Time Lord . |
| 12 | The British of course , oppress us ; they virtually handed us over into the hands of the Afrikaners , the descendents of the Dutch settlers . |