Example sentences of "[vb past] i on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified . |
| 2 | She leaned in and pecked me on the lips . |
| 3 | But he s he met me on the road one day and he said to me , Miss , it would pay you to give a decent price for it , he said to me . |
| 4 | only your mother was n't sure she asked me on the phone |
| 5 | As Reid led me on a tour of the hospital he said , ‘ She 's a po-faced old girl , but her heart 's in the right place ; and she understands the islanders . |
| 6 | My journey into the hinterland of industrial England led me on a trek across familiar territory among familiar people . |
| 7 | ‘ They got me on the face , stomach and legs . |
| 8 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 9 | Everyone laughed , and the captain clapped me on the back and called me a good fellow . |
| 10 | They laughed and clapped me on the back and handed the container round the circle again . |
| 11 | Then they clapped me on the back with too many hands , thrust upon me the plastiform wafer that confirmed payment of the rest of my fee , and proclaimed that they would create a song for the festival in praise of ’ the , most safe and reliable Delmore Curb , master courier ’ . |
| 12 | Ralemberg smiled , sheathed his dagger and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 13 | He laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 14 | He clapped me on the shoulder , proclaiming I was a great fellow , before sweeping away to join the dancers . |
| 15 | He clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 16 | Benjamin grinned and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 17 | They laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 18 | Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible . |
| 19 | As I panted in the thin air , a herdboy passed me on the broken steps which zigzagged up the mountainside , joining the smooth terraces with their retaining walls of stone . |
| 20 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
| 21 | The walk that defeated me on the way up seemed to take about five minutes coming down , and despite the forced cheery countenance of my friends , I knew I had ruined the day . |
| 22 | He beat me on a number of occasions , often for some trivial offence . |
| 23 | Two-twenty-five found me on the steps of a slightly crumbling mansion in what the Estate Agents would call a highly desirable residential area . |
| 24 | He 's the man I was fighting when the soldiers found me on the marshes , Pip . |
| 25 | ‘ By the time you found me on the moor , I knew everything , but I could prove nothing . |
| 26 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 27 | For answer , he kicked back and caught me on a shin . |
| 28 | Charlie showed no obvious signs of friendship as he immediately caught me on the chin . |
| 29 | Sorry about the mess but you caught me on the hop like . |
| 30 | Er , caught me on the hop . |