Example sentences of "handed [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He handed me over a key . |
| 2 | As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 . |
| 3 | As I entered the barn someone handed me a mess-tin full of hot tea . |
| 4 | As I clambered out of the trench and sat on the grass with my back to a tree he handed me a mess-tin full of very tasty Machonachie stew which I soon polished off . |
| 5 | She handed me a glass of cider , others accepted a small glass of a clear liquid that made them wince as they swallowed it . |
| 6 | The Frenchman handed me an aluminium tin , similar to the one my mother used when she was baking scones and shaking flour onto her baking board . |
| 7 | They handed me a cardboard plate on which was an apple , a slice of cake , and some homemade toffee . |
| 8 | ‘ Our Blessed Lord lies here , ’ she told me as she handed me altar cloths and corporals to iron . |
| 9 | But when Geoff Hamilton handed me a chunk of Barnsdale to turn into a well-planted garden , I had to put my money where my mouth was . |
| 10 | She unlocked the car herself and handed me the keys without comment . |
| 11 | After take-off , a miracle I might have thought in other circumstances , the stewardess handed me a sickly sweet fruit drink and I tried to peer through the tight lattice of scratch marks on the window at the Andes , at the snow , at the jungle . |
| 12 | I paid the hostel owner three thousand intis for the last time and he handed me the neat slip , carefully signed and stamped twice : ‘ Hostal America PAGADO . ’ |
| 13 | How Alan kept his temper I will never know , but he quietly sorted out the mess , mounted a huge Loch Ordie , rowed out from the shore again and handed me the fly rod : ‘ Here , Bruce , you fish , I 'll work the dap and mind the oars . ’ |
| 14 | Paddy handed me a mug of tea and I sat down on a jerry-can . |
| 15 | He handed me the |
| 16 | The cop was embarrassed , and he handed me the ‘ producer ’ and left . |
| 17 | At that point Kalchu stood up , rummaged round behind the rafters and , after a while , pulled out a dusty horn which he handed me . |
| 18 | One day when I changed my aunt 's library book for her the girl handed me At Mrs Lippincote 's , the first novel of a new author , published that year . |
| 19 | Her nails black , her fingers blistered and nicotine-stained , she handed me a brown paper-bag . |
| 20 | The postman handed me a letter as I eventually reached my Pop 's house — it was an offer of a council house . |
| 21 | I struggled to a sitting position and he handed me the tabloids which had slipped from the end of the bed . |
| 22 | The proctologist handed me three envelopes , one addressed to each of us , then told me that if I ever had piles I could rely on him to cut them out for cost . |
| 23 | She handed me that envelope , then took another from the briefcase . |
| 24 | She opened the envelope and handed me the forms which would be needed if the senator undertook the repairs to Masquerade . |
| 25 | She handed me the sheet of grey paper with its synoptic chart which had been transmitted from Florida just a few moments before . |
| 26 | He left me to become acquainted with the religious environment , and then handed me a paperback entitled Modern Buddhism in Burma , which he had edited in cooperation with Kenneth Saunders , warden of the YMCA hostel , and already a translator of the Dhamma-pada , a collection of short sayings thought to go back to the Buddha . |
| 27 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
| 28 | Mr Vulcan handed me his black-edged handkerchief . |
| 29 | He handed me an eyepiece attached to a long lead and there , through a series of prisms , were my lower intestines in glorious technicolour . |
| 30 | He muttered a number of unrepeatable oaths , most of which cast doubt upon my family history , and grudgingly handed me the money . |