Example sentences of "[verb] she on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ace had caught her on the hop again . |
| 2 | First pouring boiling water over the used coffee grounds , Trent led Mariana through to the living-room , seating her on the sofa . |
| 3 | But while these were unfortunate , and inclined to make Rachel crumple up her forehead and lecture her on the scientific method and the importance of mental clarity , there was no real danger in such remarks . |
| 4 | ‘ I posed her on the sofa . |
| 5 | He was a real old country doctor , of a type that is fast dying out , and she knew that if she had been a few years younger he would have patted her on the cheek . |
| 6 | ‘ I asked my childminder to do what I do when Laura is naughty , and that is tap her on the hand and tell her ‘ no ’ — and that is all , ’ she explained . |
| 7 | They all found her on the telephone to her boyfriend again . |
| 8 | Joe had been at the pub that evening , and when he arrived home just before ten , he found her on the floor . |
| 9 | The warm hold of Rochester was chosen by the sagacious brute , and Willis , always up very early , found her on the ruins of the new locker cushions , with live mud-coloured kittens . |
| 10 | At ten past eight that evening , when he ran downstairs to answer his outer doorbell and found her on the doorstep , it was as if he had been kicked in the stomach . |
| 11 | Police and social workers called to her home in Bretch Hill in Banbury , found her on the floor of a filthy , stinking room , containing soiled sheets . |
| 12 | Fuck Jean remember the day we found her on the floor ? |
| 13 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 14 | I phoned her on the fourth night to say goodnight to her that was all . |
| 15 | ‘ My office sought to arrange an interview with the Secretary of State for Employment so I could brief her on the situation . |
| 16 | Leith felt sick to her stomach when Mr Ardis , either not believing that his son had just pounced unencouraged on her , or perhaps covering up for his son 's weaknesses , told her that a month 's severance pay would be sent to her , and dismissed her on the spot . |
| 17 | ‘ You dismissed her on the spot . ’ |
| 18 | There were photographs of her in the few parts she had been able to play in the years following her marriage ; photographs of her in youth , when her father had begun to launch her on the career which would be interrupted by the coming of Paul . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I think I caught her on the hop , for she was wearing trousers and sandals and … no , I can not remember what else … . |
| 22 | Yes , I think I caught her on the hop . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The blow caught her on the cheek and she fell against Gilbert . |
| 25 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 26 | A pistol butt caught her on the side of the head . |
| 27 | ‘ Fax her on the other line . |
| 28 | Then I imagine she turns round and I lean over and kiss her on the mouth . |
| 29 | Holding out her hand , her smile wide , she said , ‘ It 's good to see you home again , Martin , ’ and his answer was to take her hand and kiss her on the cheek and say , ‘ It 's good to be home , Aunt . |
| 30 | 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 . |