Example sentences of "[verb] over [noun sg] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jerry Rawlings ( who had also staged a successful coup in June 1979 against the then military rulers , and had handed over power to President Hilla Limann in September of that year ) . |
| 2 | In 1969 the National Liberation Council handed over power to Dr Busia , the moderate politician amenable to Western counsels . |
| 3 | For five months , therefore , after Edward VIII signed the Instrument of Abdication , Baldwin remained Prime Minister , steadily handing over control to Chamberlain , but keeping a watching brief in matters of defence . |
| 4 | Amid the build-up to the great birthday extravaganza , North Korea watchers have gone on the alert for signs of the president handing over power to Kim Jong Il . |
| 5 | Anger over delay to Alvey reply |