Example sentences of "they handed over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not so long as they handed over the pound notes — though smiling Clyde took most of those , the greedy sod . |
| 2 | They only reached Azzano , where a partisan leader , fearful of the kind of publicity the Italians would receive if they handed over their ex-Duce to the Allies , had them put up against a wall and shot . |
| 3 | They handed over to him the task of evaluating those reasons . |
| 4 | She suggests that the ‘ board ’ money which young people paid for living in the parental household was seen as an exchange , especially for daughters : they handed over their wages to their mothers and in exchange their mothers equipped them to enable them to go into service . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Louis promised to help the Poitevins recover their losses , while they handed over hostages as a guarantee that they would keep their side of the bargain . |
| 7 | The trial of two blackmailers who preyed on homosexuals , by threatening to publicise their activities unless they handed over money , has ended sensationally , with the two accused admitting they carried out the crimes . |
| 8 | Two men have admitted extorting homosexuals by threatening to publicise their activities unless they handed over cash . |