Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to hand over " in BNC.
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| 1 | I DECIDED to hand over a half share in my bungalow to my daughter now , and leave the other half share in my will to my grandchildren . |
| 2 | A crisis simultaneously erupted in relations with Spain , Cuba 's main Western trading partner , which refused to hand over four men who had sought asylum in the Spanish embassy on July 18 . |
| 3 | with considerable courage , as you may think , she refused to hand over her money , whereupon there was a fight . |
| 4 | Indeed her actions are applauded : ‘ with considerable courage , as you may think , she refused to hand over her money ’ . |
| 5 | We prepared to hand over this , the developed area of our work , to people who brought to it experience rather different from our own . |
| 6 | He said Washington decided against helping the rebels because they refused to hand over General Noriega and because the US doubted their democratic good faith . |
| 7 | He agreed to hand over ‘ the castles , holds and fortresses of Scotland to the cardinal and the said earls , to cause them to be kept by such as they thought meet ’ . |
| 8 | Not that he had the faintest idea of the contents of the envelope he carried within the breast pocket of the jacket he declined to hand over to the stewardess . |
| 9 | He declined to hand over the cash , no matter what was threatened , and he was too good a salesman to be sacked , so the dealing manager yelled over to the accounts clerk : " Deduct £50 from his month 's wages . " |
| 10 | They were all staying in this Florida hotel … where postman Keith Thompson was shot dead after he refused to hand over his money to muggers . |