Example sentences of "by [verb] [pron] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He embraces suicide as deed , as the one true act in a false world , as supreme podvig , as feat to end feats , God-killing , god-making ; and in doing so he exemplifies , as others before and Ivan Karamazov after him , the truth that Dostoevsky can only satisfy his hunger for crisis and clarity by bestowing it on the enemy . |
| 2 | All I did was to congratulate Mark by patting him on the thigh , ’ said Roger Hoad . |
| 3 | A jury had earlier convicted Duncan of assaulting Andrew Clarkson by punching him on the head and body to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement . |
| 4 | This article explains how you can rapidly increase your finds rate by putting yourself on the saddle of an imaginary bicycle and travelling back in time to the turn-of-the-century . |
| 5 | if an aircraft does come back it would be an ideal way of getting our market share back from by putting it on the east coast |
| 6 | Ferguson may be stupidly obstructing his development by playing him on the right , where he does not cross the ball so well : - ) Kev . |
| 7 | Firstly , the weight transmitted through the sailor 's feet can be used to counter the capsize by placing them on the rail ( W2 ) . |
| 8 | The rouble became progressively stronger and in 1897 foreign confidence was ensured by placing it on the gold standard . |
| 9 | Then , by placing it on the board again , you can lie down and paddle home . |
| 10 | The figures for this year show that £20 million-worth of coal will be imported to Britain by the end of December — the equivalent of closing 20 average-sized pits and getting rid of between 20,000 and 25,000 miners by throwing them on the scrap heap . |
| 11 | The children are not allowed to touch the fish with the paper and try to move it along by hitting it on the floor to create a draught . |
| 12 | A NURSING home boss punished teenage girl workers by spanking them on the bottom , an industrial tribunal heard yesterday . |