Example sentences of "to hand [pers pn] over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the tension here was one of humiliation , that can be sufficient in itself to sustain the momentum , especially as this workhouse scene comes at a critical point in the sequence structure — for they have already in an earlier lesson experienced the well-intentioned caring of the ‘ lady ’ who housed these girls out of pity but was obliged to hand them over to the authorities . |
| 2 | To hand them over to the Russians is condemning them to slavery , torture and probably death . |
| 3 | Harold Macmillan 's diary entry describing his meeting at Klagenfurt on 13 May ( only a day after the last group had surrendered ) states that he was informed that " among the surrendered Germans are about 40,000 Cossacks and " White " Russians with their wives and children " , and he notes that " to hand them over to the Russians is condemning them to slavery , torture and probably death . |
| 4 | It was a relief to hand them over to the kennelmaid . |
| 5 | As much as I would like to hand you over to the police , I have no choice but to keep my suspicions to myself . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I ought to hand you over to the police . |
| 7 | He threatened to hand her over to the police if she had any more of it . |
| 8 | But they refused to hand him over to the US for trial and the coup crumbled when American troops stationed in Panama retaliated by ignoring their pleas for help against loyal troops . |
| 9 | The FO noted that he had provided ‘ valuable assistance ’ to the allied cause as Prime Minister after Italy 's surrender in 1943 , and that it would be ‘ inopportune ’ to hand him over to the Ethiopians . |
| 10 | " Clearly , your son is guilty of trespass , and we should be within our rights to hand him over to the Justices , " Sir Gregory said , standing very straight-backed by the table , while Harry glowered at him from the hearth . |
| 11 | The Croatian Defence Minister , Martin Spegelj , was the sixth accused but Croatia had refused to hand him over to the JNA . |
| 12 | Attempts were made to bring Erich Honecker , the former East German party and government leader , to trial on charges of giving the " shoot-to-kill " order to guards preventing illegal border-crossings , but the Soviet Union , where Honecker and his wife were , refused to hand him over to the German authorities [ see pp. 37828-29 ; 38110 ; for June sentencing of Harry Tisch see pp. 37967 ; 38298 ] . |
| 13 | He ought to hand it over to the experts . |