Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a big step for me and put me on the road to caddying top tournaments at a very young age . |
| 2 | He took it from me and put it on the mantelpiece . |
| 3 | Underhill then turned on me and bit me on the back of the hand . |
| 4 | He smiled , thanked me and patted me on the head before knocking at our door . |
| 5 | Mrs McDougall , with a quick , concerned look at me , took my basket from me and dumped it on the counter . |
| 6 | Then this young punk comes up behind me and hits me on the head with a car-tool . |
| 7 | Three of them I recognize , but the whole gang has been grinning at me and clapping me on the back like I was their kid brother pulled out of a scrape . |
| 8 | He looked at me and hit me on the shoulder . |
| 9 | Father spun round , took three steps towards me and smacked me on the ear . |
| 10 | And dried them and put them on the rack again . |
| 11 | It was alleged that he touched the boys ' genitals , put his arm around them and kissed them on the lips . |
| 12 | So all attending had brought their freshly picked bunches with them and laid them on the coffin as they arrived , and I must say that it looked — and smelled — lovely . |
| 13 | And although he is adamant that the hardware business will not be run down , he did say that in future the firm will carefully weigh up whether it is more more cost-effective to manufacture products and components itself or buy them on the open market . |
| 14 | Method 2 : Choose a record or tape of a piece of music which pleases you and put it on the turntable or in the cassette player . |
| 15 | In his absence she 'd been as nervy as a wildcat , jumping a mile every time someone spoke to her or touched her on the shoulder , expecting him to turn up out of the blue as he 'd made a habit of doing . |
| 16 | A few of his fellow citizens would wait until the train was about to depart , nobble him and throw him on the train , slip the guards a few dollars and wave goodbye . |
| 17 | He took Duncan 's suitcase from him and put it on the back seat . |
| 18 | Then she went out and picked him up and cuddled him and fed him on the cream of a new bottle of milk . |
| 19 | As on every night , she went up to him and kissed him on the lips . |
| 20 | Christina flung her arms around him and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 21 | He is himself unreadable and hence ungovernable — a walking accusation levelled at the sympathetic educated sensibility which seeks simultaneously to understand him and set him on the straight and narrow . |
| 22 | Julius immediately took the receiver away from her and replaced it on the rest . |
| 23 | He took her glass from her and set it on the top of the bookshelves , then he said softly , ‘ You look somehow — different . ’ |
| 24 | Janine went to her and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 25 | Donna took the envelope upstairs with her and laid it on the bedside table . |
| 26 | Their taunts must have sickened her , so this ai n't the time to start mauling — even though I 've got a bulge in my pants like a bunch of bananas and I want to rip that nightdress of her and throw her on the bed . |
| 27 | ‘ Try harder , ’ he appealed and , taking her wine glass from her and putting it on the table , he drew her close . |
| 28 | Melissa slid an arm round her and patted her on the shoulder . |
| 29 | James Spencer QC , prosecuting , alleged Mr Nichol approached Mrs Chandler in a field but when she ignored him he pulled her down the bank , sexually assaulted her and hit her on the head with a rock or rocks . |
| 30 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |