Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] hand over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Grant dynasty is assured , with Mr Sandy having recently handed over the post of managing director to his nephew . |
| 2 | Some still persist in their view that Morris burnt his boat when he chose previously to hand over the captaincy , saying in effect that he thought his cricket was suffering because of it . |
| 3 | The first time he sang the poem Bilbo had just handed over the Ring and was off to Rivendell ; the words accordingly express a sense of abdication , of having been left behind , along with determination to accept this and make a new life somewhere as yet unknown . |
| 4 | He may have told you we 've now handed over the Nissan Sunny to John and replaced it with a new bright-red Micra ( the one with the cuddly toy-car image ) . |
| 5 | The chief executives of the three firms have been discussing the plan for five months and have now handed over the task of implementing the grand design to their operating systems managers . |
| 6 | The chief executives of the three firms have been discussing the plan for five months and have now handed over the task of implementing the grand design to their operating systems managers . |
| 7 | Angy had professed to be delighted to hear from her , had invited her to her flat but refused point-blank to hand over the ring . |