Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [verb] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cornered , he resorted to patting her on the shoulder , while across his face flitted the craven smile of a man dealing with an unpredictable pet that yet might turn on him . |
| 2 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 3 | Mungo felt like patting him on the back to show him that they sympathized , but the moment passed , and anyway Mr Zamoyski might not have understood . |
| 4 | Wycliffe felt like patting him on the head , but he thanked him and saw him off with his samples , then he went back to his little office and sat staring at the wall . |
| 5 | I felt like hitting him on the back of the head with a rock . |
| 6 | He cried for put him on the bed , could n't do no college work so I just went to bed and left him . |
| 7 | She finished breathlessly , and Greg refrained from enlightening her on the history of New Zealand . |