Example sentences of "handed him the " in BNC.

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1 She handed him the tube , being fairly and correctly sure he would not ask her outright to rub it in for him .
2 ‘ I hit the fish and stright away though it was a good one , but my son Tony has never caught a pike so I handed him the rod , ’ said Lee .
3 As he fished , twisting his wrist back and forth , trying to get hold of more , a policeman came up and handed him the pile off the pavement .
4 She handed him the glass .
5 The clerk handed him the envelope .
6 But as I handed him the money the room grew quiet again .
7 Judi , her face white with Gothic make-up , handed him the glowing syringe .
8 ‘ Be my guest , ’ Trent said and handed him the eight thousand dollars from his back pocket .
9 Horowitz handed him the authorization signed by Evans .
10 I handed him the 3-wood .
11 Peg paused and ruffled his hair affectionately , then handed him the cloth .
12 As she handed him the cup of tea her tone changed : ‘ Not that I 'm against joking , but everything in its place ; when I 'm here with Aunt Lizzie , we chaff each other , but … but not all the time . ’
13 Jessamyn handed him the still-smoking gun .
14 I handed him the key at the door , the same key .
15 He looked at the Substitute who stuck the cigar between his teeth and handed him the sheet of paper saying :
16 I handed him the room 's stock bottle of methylated spirit .
17 Talbot handed him the two messages .
18 She handed him the pictures .
19 I handed him the scissors , put a towel round my shoulders , and sat down on a chair .
20 She handed him the long cane , and flinched when he swished it through the air to produce a vicious , menacing whistle .
21 She handed him the reel .
22 Shepherd poured the T'ang a fingernail 's measure of the dark liquid and handed him the ancient bowled glass .
23 She handed him the journal , knowing , even before he confirmed it , whose it was .
24 She handed him the two parts of the torch and waited for him to piece the thing together .
25 She handed him the beer and their fingers touched briefly .
26 When Anthony arrived spent and ill-looking from the hospital later that evening , Julia handed him the thin yellow sheet and was relieved to see a lightening in his dark grey eyes and a faint smile on his thin lips .
27 Eloise Brückner handed him the Munich Zeitung , open at the second page .
28 Rachaela handed him the phone .
29 Her father-in-law watched her , sleepily , admiringly , then asked for one too ; she handed him the fruit whole .
30 She handed him the woebegone bouquet , the bird 's head dangling , its coxcomb a broken-stemmed blossom ; he took it , bowed his head , and pinched the child 's cheek as he showed his teeth gritted in greedy affection , the expression that says to children , ‘ Aahah !
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