Example sentences of "him [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says the lap-type seatbelt did n't restrain him properly on impact . |
| 2 | Con settled down opposite and when the boxer leaped to lick his face he clumped him companionably on the head with his fist . |
| 3 | She beamed at her husband , bravely facing the barrage of produce , and winced as a particularly juicy specimen caught him right on the chin . |
| 4 | Asking for " Miss " Whalby actually , but I put him right on that one . " |
| 5 | ‘ She 's going to get him right on his roses . |
| 6 | Opened the fridge door and hit him right on the |
| 7 | And raised him all on her own . |
| 8 | Three months in America in 1914 , raising funds for St Enda 's and mixing with hard-line Irish-Americans , set him single-mindedly on a revolutionary course . |
| 9 | Despite these fluctuations in his status I remember him fondly on his infrequent leaves as someone with a great sense of fun . |
| 10 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 11 | She reached up , and kissing him fiercely on the lips , whispered a rhyme she had made up years before : " Tristram Pascoe , Tristram Pascoe , never , never let your lass go ! " — and when they had hugged , she watched him climb nimbly over the wall and heard him jump down into the hayfield on the other side . |
| 12 | She did not reply , but her arms pulled him tight to her with surprising strength and she kissed him fiercely on the lips . |
| 13 | He carried him easily , placing him gently on the front seat of his car . |
| 14 | He handed over to poor Sir Alec Douglas-Home a party legacy of dwindling popularity , and although that amiable and resolute character fought with vigour and gallantry to maintain his position , the tide had sufficiently turned to abandon him gently on the beach , leaving Harold Wilson afloat in waters so shallow that the most gentle paddle hit the sand . |
| 15 | She slapped him gently on his flat stomach , thinking how attractive he looked in the pure-white cotton shirt and khaki cotton slacks he wore for the flight . |
| 16 | Fitzosbert went up to the prisoner and tapped him gently on the cheek . |
| 17 | Athelstan slapped him gently on the face . |
| 18 | She stood on tip-toe and kissed him gently on the cheek . |
| 19 | An old servant , bald as a badger , yellow-faced and wizened , bustled towards us with all the speed of a snail ; he mumbled apologies in French but Ralemberg just tapped him gently on the shoulder and told him not to worry . |
| 20 | Wolsey stretched out a hand and patted him gently on the shoulder . |
| 21 | She leaned over him and kissed him gently on the corner of his mouth . |
| 22 | One of them approached my master and tapped him gently on the chest , speaking in a high sing-song fashion . |
| 23 | Cranston tapped him gently on the shoulder . |
| 24 | Athelstan tapped him gently on the shoulder . |
| 25 | Athelstan touched him gently on the shoulder . |
| 26 | When my hon. Friend meets the chairman of the East Cumbria authority , will he congratulate him warmly on the fact that having , since 1982-83 , secured a budget increase , after inflation , of almost 15 per cent . |
| 27 | Then she stretched up to kiss him warmly on the lips . |
| 28 | Before Jimmy could react , Duvall had brought his hand around again and hit him squarely on the jaw . |
| 29 | The gigantic man turned him slowly , against the tide of people pressing to the epicentre , and planted him squarely on his feet . |
| 30 | Luke had left the bedroom , and after putting on denim shorts and a little broderie anglaise top , she found him outside on her balcony , with the bamboo table she had recently purchased with four matching chairs set for breakfast , the muesli-type cereal he knew she always ate put out for her along with yoghurt , fruit juice and coffee . |