Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] him on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith has been dismissed as ‘ presence of mind Smith ’ from his alleged remark on returning without his companion from a disastrous outing on the river : ‘ If I had not with great presence of mind hit him on the head with a boathook both would have been drowned , ’ but the story comes from Reminiscences of Oxford ( 1st edn. 1900 ) by William Tuckwell , who in his second edition ( 1907 ) consigned it to oblivion ; moreover , there was no charge of murder . |
| 2 | On his journey , fearful and probably suffering from reactionary depression , he slept a night under a broom bush , where he dreamed that an angel touched him on the shoulder and bade him rise and eat . |
| 3 | Her arm caught in the mesh and her fist hit him on the side of the head . |
| 4 | The only mishap was that in forcing himself through the gap , he nudged the twig and the falling window struck him on the head . |
| 5 | My wife my wife heard him on the radio on Saturday morning she said who 's this why does he keep saying motor car , motor car |
| 6 | The next morning found him on the practice fields as soon as the sun was up , battering his post as though it were a mortal enemy . |
| 7 | Life magazine put him on the cover and that single photograph of Manson , with his evil , hypnotic stare , became for the hysterical mass media , the face of a violent , drug-crazed substrata of society : the monster hidden in the heart of every hippie and longhaired supporter of a culture which seemed certain to encompass an increasing section of youth and bandwagonners . |
| 8 | Ten years ago , when Davey Boy was a mere unknown moving to America and desperate to make a name for himself , the Hit Man helped him on the ladder to success . |
| 9 | The beadle hit him on the back , and so naturally Oliver cried even more . |
| 10 | The Minister 's secretary buzzed him on the intercom . |
| 11 | That application form put him on the ladder , not only to the top of the Japanese profession , but to international recognition — on 1 January this year he took over the chairmanship of the International Accounting Standards Committee . |
| 12 | The doctor patted him on the head . |
| 13 | Mozart 's reputation preceded him on the return trip , and the family were frequently detained so that he could give performances and display his talents . |
| 14 | The Prince patted him on the back . |
| 15 | ‘ His mother told him on the morning of the killing that Joanne had phoned Dean the night before . |
| 16 | As the sound of their giggling chatter reached him on the wind , his amusement faded and gave way to loathing . |