Example sentences of "[conj] passed [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when someone tried to test the security of the spare wheel attached to the side of the body by pulling at it roughly and then , intrigued by the pair of leather driving-gauntlets resting on the front seat , fitted them on and passed them around for general examination he decided it was time to leave . |
| 2 | Delving into her bag , Cara extracted a few cards from her wallet and passed them over to her , and while Fabia , who knew her sister went by her maiden name in her job , was looking at the printed cards that announced ‘ Cara Kingsdale , Verity magazine ’ , Cara was suggesting , ‘ Keep those by you just in case Mr Gajdusek wants proof that you represent Verity . |
| 3 | He was accused at his trial in 1990 of having , ‘ with counter-revolutionary aims , collected lists of people detained in the disturbances ( activities carried out by Tibetans in 1988 in support of independence ) and passed them on to others , thus violating the ( laws of ) secrecy ’ . |
| 4 | He was accused of having , ‘ with counter-revolutionary aims , collected lists of people detained in the disturbances and passed them on to others , thus undermining the law and violating the ( laws of ) secrecy . ’ |
| 5 | The Crown claim Butler had collected information about his movement in the town and passed them on to the IRA . |
| 6 | Spokeswoman Jane McLean said yesterday : ‘ After that we stopped recording the calls and passed them on to the JobCentre at Holywell , which is handling the recruitment . ’ |
| 7 | Spokeswoman Jane McLean said yesterday : ‘ After that we stopped recording the calls and passed them on to the JobCentre at Holywell which is handling the recruitment . ’ |
| 8 | He painted in various styles and passed them off as originals making a lot of money in the process . |
| 9 | She took off the snazzy shades she had taken from the preacherman they 'd jump-rammed this morning , and passed them back to Andrew Jean . |
| 10 | The Head gaped , and passed him on to Sylvester . |
| 11 | John Howard Griffin made himself up to look like a negro and passed himself off as one in the southern USA for his book Black Like Me . |
| 12 | She read it twice and passed it over to Roman . |
| 13 | Hopefully , er I thought we , we played very very well at Port Vale last week and passed it around with three men in the middle of the park . |
| 14 | An unsuspecting crew member intercepted a call destined for the prince and passed it on to Diana . |
| 15 | Culley took change from a ten pound note from the barman and passed it on to Stan , then carried the drinks over to the table where Kelso was sitting . |
| 16 | The very poor even sold the combings of their hair , to hawkers who came by crying for it , and passed it on to the dollmakers in Naples where it would stuff the turban of a king or tassel the tail of a donkey for a Nativity crib at Christmas . |
| 17 | ‘ They found it when they returned , and passed it on to me . ’ |
| 18 | He took a wagonload of the spoiled crop to San Francisco and passed it off as a Peruvian delicacy . |
| 19 | Corbett studied the document and passed it back to Benstede . |
| 20 | Ted opened it , wrote , ‘ I have ’ , folded it and passed it back to her . |
| 21 | A long clearance from one the Leeds defenders found it 's way into the Crewe half where upon rolling out into touch the linesman controlled it neatly with his left and passed it back to the returning Crewe player with a neat right foot pass . |
| 22 | By February 1916 pressure was mounting again , and resolutions calling for compulsory national service were flowing in ; the Executive refused to debate them , but passed them on to Law nevertheless . |
| 23 | He admitted that they were from Camilla but passed them off as a simple gesture of friendship . |