Example sentences of "when [pers pn] handed " in BNC.
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| 1 | With large numbers this can cause even worse handling and registration problems than for paper , and even , perhaps , extra complications if a disk turns out to be corrupt ( ‘ It was OK when I handed it in . ’ ) |
| 2 | When I handed over I did offer to come back and help , do a bit of walling for them , perhaps , but I did n't know then just how busy my life would be when I came to Cotherstone . |
| 3 | THE Duchess of York yesterday left cancer-stricken Polish children lost for words when she handed out copies of her Budgie books in English . |
| 4 | I must have looked embarrassed when she handed it over because they both turned their backs while I slipped my old dress off and slipped the new one on . |
| 5 | She poured Mike Dawson a Scotch and water , and when she handed it to him , the laugh was still there . |
| 6 | ‘ Great stuff , Miranda , ’ the thin fair man would say , when she handed in the transcript . |
| 7 | He was thankful she was n't wearing boots but her hair had disappeared again under an awful black felt hat that looked as if it might have been her father 's , and when she handed her coat in at the cloakroom she kept the hat on . |
| 8 | ‘ How long will you be staying with us ? ’ he queried when she handed him back the completed card . |
| 9 | JOANNE HOCKLEY from Felixstowe Ferry booked her place in the match-play stages of the British Women 's Amateur Championship when she handed in a 72 during the second qualifying round at Royal Lytham and St Annes . |
| 10 | FUNDRAISERS had a double surprise in store when they handed over two cheques to charity . |
| 11 | When it handed down its ruling the High Court agreed that an arrangement offering the exclusive occupation of a Licence of land for a fee of rent was not a Licence but a tenancy instead . |
| 12 | Bill Murray spent £50,000 on setting up his restaurant at Telegraph Hill , near Exeter , Devon , two years ago but said the business started to go downhill when he handed it over to a manager to run . |
| 13 | But Jamie was replaced that night by a tall , white-faced man who said nothing when he handed in the plate of food . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When he handed over to Peter May , another two titles followed immediately . |
| 16 | When he handed them over to the Syrians , the major received a special word of thanks from representatives of the country which would , ten years later , help the Americans to bomb Libya . |
| 17 | She was aware of Mr Carson looking at her , and when he handed her into the carriage to sit beside Ruth she felt quite the lady . |
| 18 | The much-maligned Forest 'keeper literally let two points slip away when he handed Andy Clarke a 12th-minute equaliser after Nigel Clough had got his dad 's team off to a flying start . |
| 19 | When he handed over his present . |
| 20 | When he handed her the cocoa she looked up at him and said , ‘ Only three weeks to Christmas . |
| 21 | John Lehmann had such confidence in Minton 's design sense that when he handed to him the typescript of Elizabeth David 's A Book of Mediterranean Food he gave him carte blanche to do as he liked with it . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The advice sounded incomprehensible to her but when he handed her the phone receiver back , the car man said , ‘ OK , I 've got that . |
| 24 | He sat quite silently until she had cried enough , and then he waited until she had pulled herself upright again when he handed her his handkerchief , cleanish but crumpled like the tablecloth . |
| 25 | But when he handed her a cup of coffee and sat down opposite she saw that his face held the cool , ascetic look of a lawyer rather than the heated sensuality of a lover . |
| 26 | 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 . |