Example sentences of "caught [pers pn] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day .
2 For answer , he kicked back and caught me on a shin .
3 Charlie showed no obvious signs of friendship as he immediately caught me on the chin .
4 Sorry about the mess but you caught me on the hop like .
5 Er , caught me on the hop .
6 Caught you on the hop this morning ! ’ said Postie .
7 I mean you 're lucky to get that one mate , I mean you must have been , caught him on a real good day .
8 The stolen gym shoe , hurled by Snecky , caught him on the side of the face .
9 A shower of jeers greeted him from the queue and , as he passed the last boy , who was just out of sight of Mr Gillis , a foot shot out , caught him on the ankle and down he went , sprawling on the wooden floor .
10 The fist came up and caught him on the side of the head and Jack went down , seeing little sparkling stars .
11 Whitlock sprung to his feet and caught him on the side of the head with a stinging haymaker then followed up with two brutal body punches that dropped him to his knees .
12 Tears jumped into Evelyn 's eyes and she started to hurry in the direction of the girls ' barracks , ignoring the missiles which caught her on the back and arms or dropped uselessly on either side .
13 Rose gave a yelp of rage , her arm shot out and Evelyn gave an involuntary cry as the stone caught her on the left shoulder .
14 I think I caught her on the hop , for she was wearing trousers and sandals and … no , I can not remember what else … .
15 Yes , I think I caught her on the hop .
16 It caught her on the elbow of her right arm and sliced right through the botched teflon sutures that held the forearm below it in place .
17 The blow caught her on the cheek and she fell against Gilbert .
18 The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye .
19 A pistol butt caught her on the side of the head .
20 I caught it on a rack in the
21 I caught it on a door handle
22 She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine .
23 Just had one jumped over the side from us once and swamp ashore again and we caught it on the on the land again and put it away .
24 You caught us on the hop there , ol' buddy .
25 GUIL : He caught us on the wrong foot once or twice , perhaps , but I thought we gained some ground .
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