Example sentences of "he handed [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he handed her the cocoa she looked up at him and said , ‘ Only three weeks to Christmas . |
| 2 | He handed her the bottle at arm 's length . |
| 3 | He handed her the bottle of oil , and she watched him undress . |
| 4 | Here — ’ And he handed her the lamp , which had been designed to be portable . |
| 5 | The advice sounded incomprehensible to her but when he handed her the phone receiver back , the car man said , ‘ OK , I 've got that . |
| 6 | ‘ OK , ’ he said , taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket . |
| 7 | When Mrs Abigail answered the door he handed her the box , saying he believed it was her property . |
| 8 | She poured out the tea , and as she pushed it across the counter to him he handed her the penny . |
| 9 | As he handed her the key , he added , ‘ Apparently she wants you to take the personal things from her lodgings . ’ |
| 10 | He handed her the letter . |
| 11 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 12 | He handed her the leaflet , an odd appraising smile playing about his mouth . |
| 13 | He handed her the carton of chicken . |
| 14 | He handed her the glass of water . |
| 15 | He handed her the glass and she drank |
| 16 | He poured Moselle for her , brushed fingers as he handed her the glass and looked into her eyes . |
| 17 | He handed her the glass of iced water and began to pace up and down restlessly . |
| 18 | He handed her the glass . |
| 19 | He handed me the tankard and said , ‘ I wo n't be a minute . ’ |
| 20 | He handed me the square of now sodden sheet . |
| 21 | He handed me the cheque and looked at his watch . |
| 22 | Again , he bowed his head to the child , and when she 'd run off , he tapped again on the wall , and when the boy from the cafe appeared , he handed him the bird and asked him to keep it in his cellar for coolness until he returned from Riba on the train that evening , after he had collected the rent . |