Example sentences of "hand over the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An open-work star map in stereographic projection ( known as the rete ) was in front of the tympan , and could be rotated by hand over the lines of altitude and azimuth . |
| 2 | He ran his hand over the clothes . |
| 3 | ‘ We think alike , you and I. ’ Putting the flat of his hand over the plans , he pushed them aside . |
| 4 | The seller may physically hand over the goods . |
| 5 | Fujitsu will hand over the goods from houses in Darlington that it used for Japanese staff while the new factory was being built and equipped . |
| 6 | Tessa , eight , was due to hand over the flowers when Di arrived at the Freshfield drug counselling service in Truro , Cornwall . |
| 7 | Incidentally , the Maltese have a delightful habit of carrying their political leaders by hand over the heads of the crowd . |
| 8 | The ITV licensee lost its franchise to Carlton TV last year , and will hand over the reins to the London weekday franchise on December 31 . |
| 9 | Assuming he could see Steen and hand over the photographs , it would soon be over . |
| 10 | He ran a skeletal hand over the bristles of his hair . |
| 11 | Rangers are four points clear of Aberdeen and also have a game in hand over the Dons . |
| 12 | He watched in anxious silence as I ran a hand over the repairs he had begun on Masquerade . |
| 13 | Engineers often introduce into factories new electronic machinery not because it is better than the old methods but to give management the upper hand over the workers |
| 14 | THIS MONTH MARK WHITEHORN HANDS OVER THE CONTROLS AND LETS OUR READERS STEER YOU THROUGH MACRO CREATION IN WORDPERFECT FOR WINDOWS AND A SOLUTION TO AN OLD PARADOS PROBLEM . |
| 15 | She told Julie to hold her hands over the crystals until one ‘ chose ’ her . |
| 16 | Last Christmas , having loads of time on my hands over the holidays , I decided to take the plunge and make one at least as nice theirs . |
| 17 | Ladies and gentlemen , he would say , Ladies and gentlemen , now it gives me very great pleasure to introduce the woman who is responsible for holding this whole show together ; the woman who first understood all those years ago that there was crying need for a place where all you lovely people could gather of an evening , the one that we all know and love , and so … would you please welcome on stage , the very lovely , the very talented … once again … our very own … and sometimes he would fade out , and not even say her name , and he would pause , he would make us wait , he would suspend his elegant hands over the keys ; and then , in that silence , he would play the first notes of the actual song itself . |
| 18 | On evening walks down Loreto , a lane of high stone walls , trying to decide on a restaurant , I would stop and run my hands over the ashlars , marvelling at the purity of each one as I have marvelled at the completeness of a sculpture by Brancusi ; each of them so tightly locked together that I found it impossible to fit a fingernail between them . |
| 19 | But first , watching my time , I must run my hands over the edges of the blocks , must do a sun dance on top of one , pee from another , photograph the rest , and send thrilled gibberish to the lookout posts somehow built on to the sheer rock face across the valley . |
| 20 | , right , hands over the reins to , on the roof of the Louth maltings . |
| 21 | He ran his hands over the shoulders of the cloak , and found no more such minute splinters . |