Example sentences of "hand over the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prince carelessly handed over the sealed paper , then sent one of his Dutch aides to enquire about the identity of the girl in the diaphanous gold dress . |
| 2 | Finally , Ricci got up and walked over to her daughter , who immediately handed over the troublesome hammer . |
| 3 | The Department owes a great deal to Noel Thomas and it is a measure of his success as Chairman that when at the end of the 1989 academic year he handed over the hot seat to Angus Easson , the latter 's first task was one of consolidation . |
| 4 | She handed over the small package , and then ran her gaze once more over the chaos in the office . |
| 5 | Rossini set the words of his theatre librettists happily and so , give or take a few personal quiddities , did the Italian stories , outline and the dictate the treatment , but he handed over the actual versification to Piave , Ghislanzoni , Boito and the rest . |
| 6 | Does my hon. Friend think that the Labour party was acting in the best interests of Britain and of our Baltic friends when , in 1969 , it did a deal with Brezhnev and handed over the Baltic gold ? |
| 7 | He handed over the oozing affair , wiping his fingers on his sweatshirt with ‘ Happiness is a warm pussy ’ printed across it , before holding out his palm and facing away , bored . |
| 8 | But as Ryan Cosgrove handed over the oblong box , a red light flashed and it started ticking . |
| 9 | Although he handed over the active management of his business some time ago to his son , Bill , his keen interest in the affairs of Cessford and in the welfare of his family never flagged . |
| 10 | For five hours he did n't once open his mouth to offer advice or even give an opinion and , when he checked the takings at the end of the day , although we were two shillings and fivepence light from a usual Saturday , he still handed over the sixpenny piece he always gave me at the end of the week . |
| 11 | He would always remember handing over the final payment , because it was on the same day as the first big aeroplane raid over London and he spent most of that night hiding under his father 's bed , with both Sal and Kitty clinging on to him for dear life . |
| 12 | France signed an agreement with China whereby in return for giving up the territorial concessions in the treaty ports , handing over the Yunnan railway , and meeting sundry other Chinese demands , they agreed to withdraw their troops from Indo-China by 15 March . |
| 13 | He would hand over the old man 's baccy for the week and a few sweeties then , after a bit of chat , he was away . ’ |
| 14 | But you would hand over the natural order to be managed by Parliament . |
| 15 | You told me your Uncle Walter is willing to hand over the entire estate to you anytime you wish . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Facilities management contracts in France are beginning to become contracts in which the client decides to hand over the complete information system , ’ he noted . |
| 17 | Autocatalyst Europe topped up this figure with a further £1,000 and Dr David Evans ( right ) was very pleased to hand over the total amount of £1,118 to Ian Catley , Fund Raising Manager for CRMF . |
| 18 | At that point , the court ordered Koons to hand over the fourth sculpture , which he had kept for himself . |
| 19 | The Dalek ship is programmed to return to Kembel in spite of all their efforts to divert it , and it falls to Steven to hand over the fake core to the Daleks once the Doctor and Sara are aboard the TARDIS . |
| 20 | He was to hand over the French Vexin ( as the remainder of Margaret 's dowry ) and endow Alice with Bourges . |