Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 2 | Zach and George dragged the case up to the bedroom and laid it on one side . |
| 3 | The woman was shocked when QC William Crawford put his hands on her waist and pecked her on both cheeks . |
| 4 | An individual who bought the FT All Share Index at 31 March 1982 and sold it on 31 August 1989 would have suffered tax ( at 40% and ignoring the annual exemption ) of 24.2% of the proceeds . |
| 5 | It was also rumoured that Lloyd George might advocate protectionist policies and Baldwin make have called the general election and fought it on protectionist policies in order to undermine any such move by Lloyd George . |
| 6 | But Joffre thought Lanrezac lacked fighting spirit and dismissed him on 3 September . |
| 7 | Stephanie picked Mary up — Mary liked to be picked up — and perched her on one hip as she walked from bed to bed . |
| 8 | He read her expression — enquiring — and touched her on both shoulders . |
| 9 | ‘ He ripped off a firm of disreputable City stockbrokers to the tune of about a million pounds and spent it on high living — yachts , mistresses , that sort of thing . |
| 10 | But whereas Edouard loved cars for their design , and their beauty , and collected them on that basis , Grégoire loved them for the engines under their gleaming bonnets . |
| 11 | A man who has slain Thomas Springall and blamed it on poor Brampton , afterwards making his death look like suicide . |
| 12 | In Sliwa 's last stunt he faked his own kidnapping and blamed it on off-duty police officers . |
| 13 | He put his arms on Myeloski 's shoulders , leant forward and kissed him on both cheeks . |
| 14 | Before he climbed the gangway of the RAF VC10 he grasped her arm and kissed her on each cheek . |
| 15 | ‘ Vitor 's happy to take you , ’ she declared serenely , and kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 16 | She said , ‘ Lulu , how lovely to see you ! ’ and kissed me on both cheeks . ’ |
| 17 | Then he suddenly went up on his toes and both hands flashed out and clipped me on both cheeks . |
| 18 | Preston , at the mouth of the River Ribble , lay roughly halfway between Lancaster and Warrington , and Forster 's horsemen reached and occupied it on 9 November , to be followed a day later by the slower-moving infantry . |
| 19 | OK , we 'll flush him and put him on forced diuresis . |
| 20 | Quick as a flash , Baba Yaga 's daughter turned her visitor into a needle , stuck her into the birch-broom , and set her on one side . |