Example sentences of "hand [adv] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remainder of Cynthia 's visit was spent in supporting Dorothy 's arm while she wrote a letter that was to be given to the solicitor — a Mr Graham Lytham of Messrs Granby , Hemingford and Bowles — and handed in person to Dorothy 's son when he received his gift . |
| 2 | Jerry Rawlings ( who had also staged a successful coup in June 1979 against the then military rulers , and had handed over power to President Hilla Limann in September of that year ) . |
| 3 | A Libyan official has handed over details to Britain of its links with the IRA . |
| 4 | IBM Corp has now wrapped up the deal under which it hands over MAPICS to Marcam Corp in return for 1.615m new shares in its partner . |
| 5 | In 1969 the National Liberation Council handed over power to Dr Busia , the moderate politician amenable to Western counsels . |
| 6 | But he knew of pupils handing in assignments to teachers to have the spelling and punctuation corrected before being submitted for grading . |
| 7 | For five months , therefore , after Edward VIII signed the Instrument of Abdication , Baldwin remained Prime Minister , steadily handing over control to Chamberlain , but keeping a watching brief in matters of defence . |
| 8 | Amid the build-up to the great birthday extravaganza , North Korea watchers have gone on the alert for signs of the president handing over power to Kim Jong Il . |
| 9 | Henry II now hoped that things would settle down , and suggested that Richard should hand over Aquitaine to John , the youngest son . |
| 10 | The second problem was her aversion to handing out money to charity ; although she enjoyed being able to help specific ventures in a practical way she hated the idea of charity balls or making large cash handouts . |
| 11 | In the early hours of this morning RUC officers swarmed the streets of Bangor handing out leaflets to motorists and passers-by regarding the bombing . |
| 12 | Pickets handing out leaflets to passers by may thereby cause harassment , alarm or distress , but they should not be held to be guilty of an offence on that account alone . |
| 13 | IAN Maxwell staved off the threat of bankruptcy yesterday by handing over £500,000 to Mirror Group pension funds plundered by his father , the late publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell . |