Example sentences of "[pers pn] hand i [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But thank can also be followed by the bare infinitive , as in the following examples , which Jespersen ( 1940 : 289 ) qualifies as " rather vulgar " : ( 200 ) I 'll thank ye hand me the salt . |
| 2 | She handed me a glass of cider , others accepted a small glass of a clear liquid that made them wince as they swallowed it . |
| 3 | Her nails black , her fingers blistered and nicotine-stained , she handed me a brown paper-bag . |
| 4 | She handed me a stack of forms . |
| 5 | She handed me a bill from the Spring Onion and mouthed ‘ Sorry , ’ before skipping off to catch up with Lisabeth . |
| 6 | She handed me the sheet of grey paper with its synoptic chart which had been transmitted from Florida just a few moments before . |
| 7 | Glendambo is the last petrol station for 200 kilometres , " warned the Budget car-hire girl , as she handed me the keys to a six-cylinder Holden Commodore . |
| 8 | She hands me a caterpillar |
| 9 | She hands me a cup of coffee . |
| 10 | When she 's done , she hands me the mirror and I have a look . |
| 11 | She hands me the hat and moves me into the middle of the pavement . |
| 12 | can you hand me a sausage roll ? |
| 13 | They handed me a cardboard plate on which was an apple , a slice of cake , and some homemade toffee . |
| 14 | He hands me a billy and suggests I get some snow for water and a few twigs to start the fire . |
| 15 | He hands me a different picture . |
| 16 | He hands me a brown manila file , and a handwritten invoice which I imagine he is giving to me now while the connection between the reams of faxes and the many noughts , in local shillings , of his invoice is still fresh . |
| 17 | He hands me a vodka . |
| 18 | He hands me a folded Guardian so we can work the indoor drop . |
| 19 | He hands me a white envelope . |
| 20 | When he hands me the keys , |
| 21 | He hands me the manuscript , about fifteen pages . |
| 22 | He hands me the phone . |
| 23 | He hands me the silver tube , lights a match and holds it under the foil while I suck in and follow the smoke . |
| 24 | He hands me the receiver . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He handed me a toffee , climbed into his car , beckoned me to sit on the other front seat for a few minutes , and removed the celluloid sidescreen to give us more fresh air . |
| 27 | You look young for a doctor , ’ cried Fawcett as he handed me a whisky . |
| 28 | He handed me a mask and schnorkel . |
| 29 | He handed me a big brown envelope , and although he was obviously curious his training kept back any questions . |
| 30 | When he 'd stopped feeling sorry for himself , he handed me a piece of paper with a number on it . |