Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] on " in BNC.

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1 Father Devlin clapped him on the shoulder with a large heavy hand .
2 Devlin clapped him on the shoulder .
3 Patrick flung himself on the mattress which Sarah was to use , and jumped up and down on his knees , full of boyish energy .
4 Trent seated himself on the taffrail .
5 Bernie Scholtz passed her on the iron stairs as she was hurrying out .
6 Hauser prided himself on his ability to manipulate human beings .
7 Sergeant Henley prided herself on her power to prise out information by a mixture of persuasion and light bullying like the icing on a cake , and although this had never worked particularly well with Roxie in the past , this was no reason not to try it now .
8 The white-bearded campaigner prided himself on blunt , outspoken views .
9 The blow caught her on the cheek and she fell against Gilbert .
10 The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye .
11 Trent found them on the floor and watched the old man thread the sprung arms over his ears .
12 He explains : ‘ This is because Alex Ferguson helped me on my way in football when I was 14 years old , and taught me most of the things I took with me from Aberdeen . ’
13 GEORGE HERRINGSHAW/ASP Bryan Gunn : ‘ Alex Ferguson helped me on my way in football when I was 14 years old , and taught me most of the things I took with me from Aberdeen ’
14 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 .
15 ‘ There would need to be an awful lot of call-offs before the five players untried at this level found themselves on the field at the same time , though , ’ said the coach .
16 The See Hear programme publicised it on television .
17 David Beaton clapped him on the shoulder .
18 Maisie pecked him on the cheek .
19 Linda asked her on a sudden impulse .
20 Punk prided itself on making recordings with all the rough edges showing .
21 David clapped him on the shoulder and simply said :
22 Thinking of Bonanza got me on trying to figure his reaction if Vecchi got hooked for the Mahoney killing .
23 A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them .
24 A glint of light caught something on his wrist .
25 So Bobby found himself on the carpet — on the silk dressing gown — and on Rachel !
26 His mind concentrated itself on Tolby 's footsteps which were slightly uneven , as if the solicitor had a slight limp .
27 Edrich and Close soon went , and on two occasions Roberts found himself on a hat-trick ; the second time , Selvey edged to Greenidge at slip — and he dropped morning was fine and only one more run was added .
28 First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child .
29 To begin with Gyggle tried me on sensory deprivation .
30 Markby joined her on the further side and they both stopped to watch as their bovine companions lumbered up and stood in a row staring at them expectantly , tossing muddy heads .
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