Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] gently on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He places them gently on Andy 's face . |
| 2 | If you 've got clothes , your coats and dresses , and fold them over once , and then put them into a bag like that and we put them gently on top of the load , they come to no harm at all . |
| 3 | The kiss went on forever , and she offered no resistance as he swung her up into his arms and dropped her gently on the bed , coming down with her . |
| 4 | The elephants were n't swimming in the pond , they were floating on their backs , and one of them was balancing me gently on the flat tops of its upturned feet . |
| 5 | She leant over the child , kissing her gently on head . |
| 6 | In an almost fatherly way , he placed a hand on her good shoulder and kissed her gently on the lips , like a promise . |
| 7 | I pulled her face down and kissed her gently on the lips . |
| 8 | Pascoe went over to where she was sitting , perched like a nervous bride on the edge of the bed , and kissed her gently on the lips . |
| 9 | ‘ Come along , leprechaun , ’ he called softly as she reached him , and he kissed her gently on the lips . |
| 10 | Bending down , he kissed her gently on the cheek , leaving her staring after him . |
| 11 | She stood on tip-toe and kissed him gently on the cheek . |
| 12 | She leaned over him and kissed him gently on the corner of his mouth . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Her son stretched across the table and touched her gently on the wrist , his eyes pleading with her . |
| 15 | He smiled and touched her gently on the shoulder . |
| 16 | Athelstan touched him gently on the shoulder . |
| 17 | Let him take his chauffeur 's cap off very slowly and say softly to me , ‘ oh sir , I do n't never want to work for anyone else , never ’ ; let him kneel by the side of the great bed , in the moonlight , and let him lean over to kiss me gently on the lips and to run his leather-gloved hand tenderly across my cheek , across my lips , through my hair , saying all the time , ‘ oh sir , I 'm here sir , I 'm right here , I 'm right here by the bed ; was you calling me sir , did you call me ? ’ |
| 18 | He placed her gently on the floor and turned to Maura . |
| 19 | He placed her gently on her feet and opened the car door , keeping his arms close around her all the while . |
| 20 | We lifted the lid and placed it gently on the floor . |
| 21 | Push her gently on the swings . |
| 22 | It looked as if she had no life in her either , but she moaned as James carried her and laid her gently on the seat of his carriage . |
| 23 | Then , slowly , she fell forward and I laid her gently on the ground . |
| 24 | Well away from the beaten track he laid her gently on a bed of moss and bracken , and she opened her arms to him , loath to lose his touch for even a second . |
| 25 | He picked her up with exquisite gentleness , kissed her cheeks , laid her gently on the bed , and lay down on it beside her , his hands pulling her body close to his . |
| 26 | Benny 's hands were smarting and he rubbed them gently on his shirt . |
| 27 | Fitzosbert went up to the prisoner and tapped him gently on the cheek . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | One of them approached my master and tapped him gently on the chest , speaking in a high sing-song fashion . |
| 30 | Cranston tapped him gently on the shoulder . |