Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie laughed , and gently cuffed him on the head . |
| 2 | On the first landing he stopped and stole a glance down the Nightingale Gallery , so engrossed he jumped when Allingham suddenly touched him on the shoulder . |
| 3 | ‘ Well then , you had better have one , ’ said Diana , and bent down to kiss him on the cheek . |
| 4 | He became concerned when he could not locate him on the premises , because Mr Jowett was due to take over the lambing . |
| 5 | Keegan 's not wrong to sell because you either do one of two things with this type of striker , build a side around him or just sit him on the bench for use in emergencies . |
| 6 | This time there was no knife , they just got him on the floor and it was just a fist which had come down on the man 's face again and again . |
| 7 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
| 8 | Well he 's probably just caught him on the back of on the back of the calf but er I thought it was as you say I thought it was a nice sharp incisive tackle . |
| 9 | My belief is that Holyfield , who trades in quantity rather than quality when it comes to punches , will recover from the early storm , which could easily see him on the canvas , to win around the 10th . |
| 10 | ‘ Bailey 's already briefed him on the telephone but he wo n't know you 're in charge of the operation until he gets here . |
| 11 | And she like goes up to him quite freely and just kisses him on the lips , you know okay fair enough people have friendships like that but it 's not a kind of kiss on the cheek it is as if there 's something in it , you know , as if always she 's rubbing it into him . |
| 12 | Because if he treated her as her father had treated Odette , she knew she would not bear it so patiently , would not bless him on the day he finally left her , as Odette had done , but would go after him with a knife to hunt him down . |
| 13 | What galls the most is not having him on the subs bench . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the newspaper reporter did not press him on the point . |
| 15 | I said I 'd just tap him on the shoulder and say : ‘ It 's all right . ’ |
| 16 | He overtook Paul and suddenly , affectionately touched him on the shoulder . |
| 17 | Jurors decided that he assaulted his brother , Robert , 30 , to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life by shooting him , pinning him to the ground and repeatedly hitting him on the head with bottles . |
| 18 | Then I heard him falling and hurried back to find him on the floor . |
| 19 | Councillors should know beforehand what they are expected to discuss and a councillor may absent himself if nothing really concerns him on the agenda . |
| 20 | By the time he had staggered into the yard he could hardly stand up , hitting the ancient , mossy mounting block and tripping over one of the green tubs filled with white geraniums , as Little Chef came bounding out to lick him on the nose . |
| 21 | One said he did n't want him on the books , he just did n't want to know . |
| 22 | ‘ I keep telling him people ca n't see him on the radio . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't meet him on the lane . ’ |
| 24 | I did n't press him on the question of where the design had originated from , for his ready answer was ‘ off the top of my uncle 's head ’ . |
| 25 | She might even pass him on the way up ! |
| 26 | Er with , with , you asked Martin about his dependants and he said he had n't got any but you did n't question him on the wife 's dependants , or his wife 's dependants . |
| 27 | Do not immediately put him on the lead , for this will reinforce the idea that when he comes back to you , he is immediately going to be taken home and , in future , will associate coming to you with the end of the walk or game . |
| 28 | For you can not even get him on the telephone . |
| 29 | He also visited another important garden in the area , Meerburg , where the gardener kindly instructed him on the cultivation of pineapples — his employer , M. de la Court , was among the first to grow this fruit successfully in Europe . |
| 30 | I tucked a ten-dollar bill into the pocket of his jacket , while he tried to wave my arm away , then clapped him on the shoulder . |