Example sentences of "to hand [adv prt] the [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to a statement received by the weekly Oiga , Salinas accepted responsibility for the coup attempt and declared that its aim had been to hand over the presidency to Máximo San Román Cáceres , Fujimori 's dismissed First Vice-President named " constitutional president " by the dissolved Congress [ see p. 38846 ] . |
| 2 | We have met the terms of the loan , ’ Mr Cross said , answering widespread speculation that Mr Bond , whose commercial empire is troubled , had been forced to hand over the painting to Sotheby 's for resale . |
| 3 | UN-sponsored talks had begun on June 2 , when the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) leadership called for Bosnian Serb leaders to stop the bombardment of Sarajevo and to hand over the airport to UN control . |
| 4 | Her exhausted captain had had to hand over the wheel to Arthur and for eight days he was scarcely relieved . |
| 5 | ‘ Royal ’ arrest An Australian farmer and his wife who declared their Queensland farm an independent country , calling themselves the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough , have been arrested for defying a court order to hand over the property to receivers . |
| 6 | Is this a struggle inside Frodo 's soul , between his conscious will and his unconscious wickedness ( the sort of wickedness which might earlier have made him reluctant to hand over the Ring to Gandalf ) ? |