Example sentences of "hand over a " in BNC.

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1 Sudirman promptly handed over a vast cache to the city pemuda .
2 However , so long as we remain in the Community , Parliament has effectively handed over a number of functions that it has traditionally fulfilled .
3 The latter grudgingly handed over a stash of notes .
4 Director of Safety & quality Richard Killick ( left ) recently handed over a cheque for £200,000 to East Lothian District Council chief executive Malcolm Duncan ( centre ) and council chairman George Wanless to help finance the construction of a new community sports centre in Port Seton .
5 External Affairs Minister Madhavsinh Solanki resigned on March 31 after admitting that he had handed over a note to his Swiss counterpart , René Felber , requesting the Swiss government to slow down its investigations into pay-offs to high-ranking Indian officials allegedly deposited into Swiss bank accounts by the Swedish armaments company AB Bofors [ see pp. 35336 ; 35382 ] .
6 The contract was awarded in September 1990 and within six weeks CCG had mobilised and handed over a number of buildings to support the construction team on the ‘ Core Site ’ .
7 She handed over a pink-tissued shape dripping with silver bows and gaudy ribbons .
8 I handed over a Ford transit van and its human contents to the Sussex constabulary .
9 After a while , Corbett nodded , handed over a few coins and left , his face wreathed in a complacent smile .
10 I handed over a coin : that meant I 'd only got two left , but it was the fattest and quickest-gobbled 10p I 've ever spent .
11 A civilian official , accompanied by an Air Force general , handed over a plain flat attaché case and a slip of paper with the number of the combination lock .
12 Within moments I had decided to strip her to her expensive banker 's underclothing , lash her to a Quattrocento day-bed with fur-lined leather manacles , and whip her with unimaginable delicacy until she handed over a full power of attorney and yielded herself totally in a frenzy of self-abnegation .
13 COMMANDER Fabian Malbon , skipper of HMS Invincible , yesterday handed over a cheque for £1,250 to cancer victim Janet Murray , right , at a Kent nursing home .
14 At Naba we were overtaken by the hospital train and discovered that their food supply had run out , so we handed over a whole case of sausages and one of tinned peaches .
15 They reached Ankara 13 days later , where they arranged a meeting at the Turkish Parliament building with Assistant Director of External Affairs , Meltern Sahinkaya , and handed over a 1,000 name petition and a letter addressed to Parliament leader Husamettin Cindoruk .
16 He turned to go but Talbot stopped him as a seaman entered and handed over a sheet of paper .
17 He also handed over a magnificent library which is now the Bibliothèque d'art et d'archéologie .
18 Amyas gave a slight bow and handed over a sealed letter .
19 With an air of urgency , suggesting that he had a host of other people to see , Wilson handed over a four-page programme guide with a curt : ‘ It 's called Doctor Who .
20 They had a routine for it , as most couples do — Annie put the fuel in , Tessa took some paper towels from the dispenser and cleaned the windscreen ; then Tessa went to the pay-window and handed over a credit card as soon as Annie put the pump nozzle back into position .
21 He scrabbled in Molassi 's red box and handed over a small multicoloured disc , marked ZAGRAT SHEER EVENT SHIFT Patent Licence 110044 .
22 He handed over a credit card to pay his bill .
23 She handed over a small metal cylinder .
24 Feeling that anything was worth the price if it removed the torpor from his brain , Lucien handed over a coin at the reception booth and went inside .
25 He handed over a ring and an amulet that I recognised .
26 The security officer handed over a bunch of small prints and lit a cigar .
27 Eventually Balvinder handed over a pocketful of change and the healer gave him a small pot of white powder .
28 She handed over a neatly wrapped ‘ mixed bunch ’ to one customer , with a chatty , ‘ Here you are , love , ’ and moved swiftly on to the next .
29 Weasel turned and grinned expectantly at his companion , who grunted and handed over a coin from his pouch .
30 He also handed over a cheque for £500 to be used for technological development in the programme .
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