Example sentences of "he handed [pers pn] the " in BNC.

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1 He handed her the letter .
2 ‘ OK , ’ he said , taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket .
3 He handed her the double bladed paddle as she continued , ‘ I shall go down as far as Browns Mill , so could you possibly pick me up here about five thirty ? ’
4 He handed her the carton of chicken .
5 She poured out the tea , and as she pushed it across the counter to him he handed her the penny .
6 When he handed her the cocoa she looked up at him and said , ‘ Only three weeks to Christmas .
7 As he handed her the key , he added , ‘ Apparently she wants you to take the personal things from her lodgings . ’
8 He handed her the glass of water .
9 He handed her the bottle at arm 's length .
10 He handed her the glass and she drank
11 He handed her the bottle of oil , and she watched him undress .
12 He poured Moselle for her , brushed fingers as he handed her the glass and looked into her eyes .
13 He handed her the folded documents as he prised open the first box .
14 He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific .
15 The advice sounded incomprehensible to her but when he handed her the phone receiver back , the car man said , ‘ OK , I 've got that .
16 When Mrs Abigail answered the door he handed her the box , saying he believed it was her property .
17 He handed her the glass of iced water and began to pace up and down restlessly .
18 He handed her the leaflet , an odd appraising smile playing about his mouth .
19 Here — ’ And he handed her the lamp , which had been designed to be portable .
20 He handed her the glass .
21 He handed her the tablets and water , and she swallowed them obediently .
22 Back in the bedroom , he handed her the discarded nightshirt , his face carefully blank as Leonora scrambled into it , so unsteady on her feet that it was a relief to get back beneath the covers .
23 I paid the hostel owner three thousand intis for the last time and he handed me the neat slip , carefully signed and stamped twice : ‘ Hostal America PAGADO . ’
24 He handed me the
25 The cop was embarrassed , and he handed me the ‘ producer ’ and left .
26 I struggled to a sitting position and he handed me the tabloids which had slipped from the end of the bed .
27 He handed me the square of now sodden sheet .
28 He handed me the seventeenth-century pamphlet , which I had left on a table on the landing .
29 He handed me the tankard and said , ‘ I wo n't be a minute . ’
30 He handed me the cheque and looked at his watch .
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