Example sentences of "[pers pn] handed over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Superintendent Mercer arrived shortly afterwards and I handed over the key of the Biology Lab to him . " |
| 2 | Reluctantly I handed over the axe and made way for him , then stood , stretching my back . |
| 3 | She handed over the pawn ticket . |
| 4 | They took her to her stall in the market , demanding she handed over the arms and propaganda they accused her of storing there . |
| 5 | She handed over the small package , and then ran her gaze once more over the chaos in the office . |
| 6 | She handed over the numbers , and said goodbye . |
| 7 | She handed over the corkscrew . |
| 8 | The fighting in our immediate area seemed to have quietened down as we handed over the prisoners to join , I would think , about a couple of hundred , all gathered together in a field close to the orchard . |
| 9 | We handed over the stamped forms , which he gave to the koko for safe keeping . |
| 10 | ‘ We handed over the keys and MoT . |
| 11 | Not so long as they handed over the pound notes — though smiling Clyde took most of those , the greedy sod . |
| 12 | Until 1948 the British ruled Palestine , but on 15th May that year the British mandate came to an end , and they handed over the country to the Jews . |
| 13 | And he handed over the letter ( which had creased beautifully in his pocket ) with just the right note of impatient politeness . |
| 14 | He handed over the sarnies — ham and mustard in brown bread — to the usher , saying : ‘ His need is greater than mine . ’ |
| 15 | The policy of austerity and a strong franc , which he had so staunchly defended for the best part of a decade ( and which had earned him such praise abroad ) , was being blamed within France for recession and for the record level of unemployment ( it broke through the symbolic 3m mark the day he handed over the reins of government ) . |
| 16 | The Department owes a great deal to Noel Thomas and it is a measure of his success as Chairman that when at the end of the 1989 academic year he handed over the hot seat to Angus Easson , the latter 's first task was one of consolidation . |
| 17 | He handed over the keys to Angoulême and Montignac and their walls too were razed to the ground . |
| 18 | He handed over the oozing affair , wiping his fingers on his sweatshirt with ‘ Happiness is a warm pussy ’ printed across it , before holding out his palm and facing away , bored . |
| 19 | He would closet himself with a bottle of port and a cigar or pipe , read the end of the previous instalment , and then write the next , drawing his fee when he handed over the text . |
| 20 | If nothing else , he 'd want some sort of come-back if we cheated him after he handed over the money . ’ |
| 21 | Mark asked , as he handed over the fish and chips . |
| 22 | Rossini set the words of his theatre librettists happily and so , give or take a few personal quiddities , did the Italian stories , outline and the dictate the treatment , but he handed over the actual versification to Piave , Ghislanzoni , Boito and the rest . |
| 23 | The award was presented to the club by Durham CIU vice- president Bill Laverick five years ago as an annual prize and he handed over the trophy at a special ceremony at the club . |
| 24 | Although he handed over the active management of his business some time ago to his son , Bill , his keen interest in the affairs of Cessford and in the welfare of his family never flagged . |