Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him on the " 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 | David Beaton clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 4 | Maisie pecked him on the cheek . |
| 5 | David clapped him on the shoulder and simply said : |
| 6 | The use of special juries of merchants by Lord Mansfield to guide him on the law is well known — not that he always followed their suggestions . |
| 7 | Smith has been dismissed as ‘ presence of mind Smith ’ from his alleged remark on returning without his companion from a disastrous outing on the river : ‘ If I had not with great presence of mind hit him on the head with a boathook both would have been drowned , ’ but the story comes from Reminiscences of Oxford ( 1st edn. 1900 ) by William Tuckwell , who in his second edition ( 1907 ) consigned it to oblivion ; moreover , there was no charge of murder . |
| 8 | Laura passed Rex the gun and Rex bopped him on the head with it . |
| 9 | The squire who carried the news to the king at Berkhamsted reached him on the evening of June 24th . |
| 10 | One of Nogai 's brothers slapped him on the shoulder , but Burun shouted , ‘ Which target were you aiming at , Nogai ? ’ |
| 11 | He jumped as Heg tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 12 | He looked so downcast that even Angalo patted him on the shoulder . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps Nigel killed him on the Saturday night . ’ |
| 14 | On his journey , fearful and probably suffering from reactionary depression , he slept a night under a broom bush , where he dreamed that an angel touched him on the shoulder and bade him rise and eat . |
| 15 | Her arm caught in the mesh and her fist hit him on the side of the head . |
| 16 | Again , Brian Harley hit a less-than-perfect drive , but his two-iron across the angle of the dogleg put him on the front edge of the green . |
| 17 | He is upset at the lack of activity and howls appallingly , but when Odd-Knut tries him on the trace he is clearly crippled and in pain . |
| 18 | The only mishap was that in forcing himself through the gap , he nudged the twig and the falling window struck him on the head . |
| 19 | ‘ Not before time , ’ Stevie remarked , as Patrick joined him on the 17th tee . |
| 20 | Winnie pecked him on the cheek . |
| 21 | This was not the moment to lecture him on the facts of hospital life , so I said briefly , ‘ Patients prefer two to one , ’ and asked if he had explained his position to Sister . |
| 22 | But Gareth Williams beat him on the second . |
| 23 | She prised Burton out of digs in Streatham to install him on the top floor of her house in Pelham Crescent — just a few doors down from Emlyn Williams . |
| 24 | This shows that when Churchill first asked his officials to brief him on the subject , R. G. Hawtrey replied that public works would indeed increase employment , provided they were linked to an expansion of credit . |
| 25 | After a championship victory earlier in the year , at which circuit did his British fans risk their safety to mob him on the track ? |
| 26 | When Dr Henry approached him , Dr Williams hit him on the side of the head and sent his glasses flying . |
| 27 | The vet checked Sam over and said all was well , and as it was a first fit there was no need to start him on the tablets , yet . |
| 28 | Connor slapped him on the back . |
| 29 | These two seemed friendly enough , but their questions about Sweetheart put him on the defensive . |
| 30 | However , scarcely was the ink dry on the paper when , at the end of December 1981 , the Secretary of State announced in the House of Commons that , ‘ with the agreement of the local authority associations and after consultation with other interested parties ’ , he had decided to establish a new body to advise him on the distribution of the advanced further education pool and on academic provision in local authority institutions of higher education . |