Example sentences of "[pers pn] hand over the [noun] " 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 | At the end of this month I hand over the care of the diocese to Bishop John Crowley . |
| 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 pawn ticket . |
| 6 | She handed over the corkscrew . |
| 7 | She handed over the numbers , and said goodbye . |
| 8 | He probably thought a financial adviser was someone who told you to hand over the wallet or you 'd get your throat cut . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ We handed over the keys and MoT . |
| 11 | ROS : We take Hamlet to the English king , we hand over the letter — what then ? |
| 12 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Not so long as they handed over the pound notes — though smiling Clyde took most of those , the greedy sod . |
| 15 | Could he use his influence with the Secretary of State for Defence to persuade him to hand over the Ministry of Defence buildings so that the money that the Scottish Office has allocated is not used to pay for them ? |
| 16 | French law has forced him to hand over the helms of Adidas and Bernard Tapie Finance , but he said : ‘ My new post is not incompatible with the presidency of Marseille . |
| 17 | If nothing else , he 'd want some sort of come-back if we cheated him after he handed over the money . ’ |
| 18 | He handed over the keys to Angoulême and Montignac and their walls too were razed to the ground . |
| 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 | He handed over the sarnies — ham and mustard in brown bread — to the usher , saying : ‘ His need is greater than mine . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Mark asked , as he handed over the fish and chips . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | And he handed over the letter ( which had creased beautifully in his pocket ) with just the right note of impatient politeness . |