Example sentences of "[conj] hand [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Marginally more in control , she sauntered back through to the kitchen and handed him the brush , carefully keeping her own fingers clear of his .
2	‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was .
3	He looked at the Substitute who stuck the cigar between his teeth and handed him the sheet of paper saying :
4	As he fished , twisting his wrist back and forth , trying to get hold of more , a policeman came up and handed him the pile off the pavement .
5	She blew smoke out , coughed , and handed him the cigarette and he took it without a word .
6	She unlocked the car herself and handed me the keys without comment .
7	If he came to me now and knelt and handed me the poker , I could n't hit him .
8	She opened the envelope and handed me the forms which would be needed if the senator undertook the repairs to Masquerade .
9	How Alan kept his temper I will never know , but he quietly sorted out the mess , mounted a huge Loch Ordie , rowed out from the shore again and handed me the fly rod : ‘ Here , Bruce , you fish , I 'll work the dap and mind the oars . ’
10	The young man closed the boot of the car and handed her the keys .
11	‘ Thanks , ’ he said , and handed her the keys .
12	He finished painting in a silence so icy she could almost feel its frosty fingers on her skin , then climbed down the ladder and handed her the paintbrush .
13	‘ Take a look , ’ said Joe , and handed her the paper .
14	But later he had come back and handed her the letter , the letter Adamus had typed , from the Scarabae .
15	By the age of eleven I was collecting the money from the customers and handing them the change they were due .
16	I heard Mick unzip the tent he shared with Paddy and hand him the tea .

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