Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] to hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | He probably thought a financial adviser was someone who told you to hand over the wallet or you 'd get your throat cut . |
| 2 | ‘ I asked him to hand the letter to you . |
| 3 | Dressed as cowboys , they climbed aboard their trusty steeds ( 's Datsun ! ) and set off in the direction of the County Hall in Exeter where they ambushed the staff and persuaded them to hand over their readies . |
| 4 | And it was only the brave pleading of hostage Barbara Brady that persuaded him to hand the ammunition over , the Old Bailey was told . |
| 5 | On Monday 16 June the council , including Thomas Bourgchier , archbishop of Canterbury and John Russell of Lincoln , duly waited on the queen at Westminster and persuaded her to hand over York . |
| 6 | On Monday 16 June the council , including Thomas Bourgchier , archbishop of Canterbury and John Russell of Lincoln , duly waited on the queen at Westminster and persuaded her to hand over York . |
| 7 | They burst into the homes of a Tesco manager and a bank executive and forced them to hand over £96,000 . |
| 8 | He threatened a sub-postmistress , Margaret Glen , and her assistant , Marion Gardiner , and forced them to hand over £1,000 in takings . |
| 9 | In what was regarded then as some perverse flourish of American protocol , ‘ Admiral ’ Perry then gave the papers to two of his black mariners — ‘ the best-looking fellows of their colour that the squadron could furnish ’ — and instructed them to hand them over . |