Example sentences of "handed [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently , the BAG handed down a decision ( 4ASR 293/91 ) in which it stated that there were no justifiable reasons for a differential in wages . |
| 2 | Asserting , what was palpably untrue , that ‘ There are probably few people in India who do not sincerely regret that you should have made it impossible for any government to leave you at liberty ’ , he handed down a sentence of six years ' simple imprisonment , pointing out — the crowning touch-that the sentence was the same as that given to the nationalist hero Bal Gangadhar Tilak , twelve years before . |
| 3 | He handed down the cane and the bicycle lamp and she waded away into the shadows as the curious faces of the villagers , the anxious face of her father , peered down at her . |
| 4 | lost her wallet , she 'd left it here , have , is , did any one handed in a wallet ? , they went yes passed that over , there 's a fiver missing |
| 5 | He handed in a nine-over-par 81 and only two players , the Dane , Steen Tinning , and Irishman Philip Walton , who had a 9 at the twelfth , had a worse return . |
| 6 | I now handed in a form explaining that my dad lived alone , is blind and disabled , and would benefit from me moving to his part of Glasgow . |
| 7 | DANIEL SILVA , who numbers Nigel Mansell among his sponsors , became the first Portuguese player to win on tour when he handed in a closing 73 to finish two shots clear of Chris Moody in the Jersey European Airways Open . |
| 8 | We handed in a letter of protest which insisted that the principles of the United Nations , including the solving of all conflicts by negotiations and peaceful means , should be upheld everywhere and at all times . |
| 9 | He told me that he got an awful rocket from the Director of Accounts when he handed in the bill which worked out at several hundred pounds — and here we are talking of the year 1946 ! |
| 10 | She went off to attend to her cultures , and Reynolds handed in the form and the catalogue to the copy clerk . |
| 11 | The door opened and he handed in the jiffy bag . |
| 12 | But Jamie was replaced that night by a tall , white-faced man who said nothing when he handed in the plate of food . |
| 13 | ‘ Great stuff , Miranda , ’ the thin fair man would say , when she handed in the transcript . |
| 14 | I handed over a plethora of retirement gifts from her colleagues and wished her a long and happy retirement . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Weasel turned and grinned expectantly at his companion , who grunted and handed over a coin from his pouch . |
| 18 | Lindsey smiled sympathetically as she handed over a prescription . |
| 19 | Melissa handed over a slip of paper . |
| 20 | Eventually Balvinder handed over a pocketful of change and the healer gave him a small pot of white powder . |
| 21 | First he handed over a bundle of Russian paper money that was little bigger than a wad of visiting cards , and some coins jangled . |
| 22 | I handed over a Ford transit van and its human contents to the Sussex constabulary . |
| 23 | He turned to go but Talbot stopped him as a seaman entered and handed over a sheet of paper . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He also handed over a cheque for £500 to be used for technological development in the programme . |
| 26 | PUPILS at a Middlesbrough school handed over a cheque in memory of a former schoolmate yesterday . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He handed over a credit card to pay his bill . |
| 29 | THE Mayor of Middlesbrough , Coun Eddie Bolland , supported pedal power when he handed over a tandem to a group helping blind and partially-sighted people take part in cycling and sport . |
| 30 | He handed over a ring and an amulet that I recognised . |