Example sentences of "[verb] hand over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are glad the owner has handed over the pictures of his own free will rather than selling them on the Western art market . ’ |
| 2 | More news about Jack is the announcement that he has handed over the reins of the Midland Embalming School to John Davis who , apart from being a trade embalmer has a varied background in nursing , counselling , laboratory work and school teaching . |
| 3 | On all three occasions , Stewart has handed over the gloves to Blakey — even though he is clearly a far superior keeper . |
| 4 | JACK Lee , whose name will always be associated with the Midland School of Embalming , which he founded just after the war and from which he has trained many hundreds of embalmers the world over , has decided to take more of a ‘ back seat ’ and has handed over the principal 's chair to John Davis , although he will still be ‘ in the wings ’ as an advisory tutor . |
| 5 | £pound1 , 000 had seemed to him a pretty sum on which to " have a union of his own , manipulated by himself , despite the fact that in refusing to hand over the money to Head Office , he was bringing great hardship to the men in other ports still on strike , and to their families . |
| 6 | It has even been held that refusing to hand over the registration book of the plaintiff 's car amounts to conversion of the car since the absence of the book makes it difficult to deal with the car . |
| 7 | Libya faces tougher UN sanctions from October 1 for refusing to hand over the men . |
| 8 | The Cellobus was presented on behalf of Cellophane by local MP and former Defence Secretary Tom King , who is shown handing over the keys . |
| 9 | Her exhausted captain had had to hand over the wheel to Arthur and for eight days he was scarcely relieved . |
| 10 | The ministry said yesterday that it has had to hand over the file to the European Commission , which is investigating the Rover deal . |
| 11 | If by some chance the Poles had agreed to hand over the city it is quite possible that even at this late stage NSDAP support in the city would have evaporated . |
| 12 | He would dearly like to hand over the captaincy at the end of next August after having retained the Ashes on his fifth tour to England . |
| 13 | He declined to hand over the cash , no matter what was threatened , and he was too good a salesman to be sacked , so the dealing manager yelled over to the accounts clerk : " Deduct £50 from his month 's wages . " |
| 14 | Michele lifted out Luce 's bag , passed her the crutch , and , having handed over the car keys , led her through the crush of people and vehicles to the steps that ran down to the Grand Canal . |
| 15 | AW refused to hand over the document . |
| 16 | Mr Gillespie wrote back accepting the contents of the letter but since his 65th birthday he has refused to hand over the shares . |
| 17 | But officials refused to hand over the dog until they vetted Mia in person to ensure she was suitable to have custody of the dog . |
| 18 | The police were very sympathetic , but as the inspector in charge told me , ‘ I 'll have to hand over the papers to the Director of Public Prosecutions — or one of his staff . |
| 19 | Then my father decided to hand over the company to the young man . |
| 20 | To this is added the remark that since the testator 's intention is clear , the slave must be compelled to hand over the accounts . |
| 21 | Magician , , conjured up £46 on his stall at the Summer Fayre. is pictured handing over the cheque to , chairperson of the Carnoustie Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund , with , operations manager , at . |
| 22 | The girls , from the left , Leanne , Jane and Clare are pictured handing over the cash to Massie . |
| 23 | I do n't recall handing over the title deeds . |
| 24 | We have met the terms of the loan , ’ Mr Cross said , answering widespread speculation that Mr Bond , whose commercial empire is troubled , had been forced to hand over the painting to Sotheby 's for resale . |
| 25 | And there was a new outpouring of rumours about Hitler 's health : that he was ill , mad , blind , had suffered a nervous breakdown , or that as a result of mental illness he had been forced to hand over the leadership of the State to the military , and had been shot . |
| 26 | Julie , 25 , of Upper Stanhope Street , Toxteth , was forced to hand over the bag containing £95 income support to another member of the gang . |
| 27 | The girl was dragged behind a wall and forced to hand over the cash . |
| 28 | And in November a manager at Martin 's newsagent was pushed to the ground , forced to hand over the shop keys and locked in a cupboard . |
| 29 | Once clear of the cloud , she had handed over the controls to him and taught him how to use the power and propeller pitch levers , how to bank the plane sharply , how to descend and climb with power and nose attitude . |
| 30 | All the same , he was in no doubt that Matthew Glynn had handed over the contents of the cardboard box to Swayne with a view to some sort of deal . |