Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] 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 | Bernie Scholtz passed her on the iron stairs as she was hurrying out . |
| 4 | The blow caught her on the cheek and she fell against Gilbert . |
| 5 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 6 | Trent found them on the floor and watched the old man thread the sprung arms over his ears . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | David Beaton clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 9 | Maisie pecked him on the cheek . |
| 10 | David clapped him on the shoulder and simply said : |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Various speakers congratulated us on the marvellous work we had done over the past few months . |
| 15 | ‘ And with that David kissed me on the cheek . |
| 16 | David kissed her on the mouth . |
| 17 | His Majesty congratulated them on the solution of this difficult problem , and pointed out that while France and other countries existed for weeks without a Government , in this country our constitution is so generous that leaders of Parties . |
| 18 | Should they attempt to influence the bishops , Archbishop Felici warned them on the first day of the new session , they would lose their privileges , a threat that caused considerable resentment as much among the fathers as among their advisers . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Laura passed Rex the gun and Rex bopped him on the head with it . |
| 21 | Your very welcome Letters of the 20th of Aug. and 14th of Septr. reached us on the 23rd and 25th of Jan : they were a joyful relief to us all and were the most acceptable to me since for the first time you acknowledge I have been tried and not found wanting : believe me it will always be my highest gratification to merit the good opinions of every one but of none more than yourself : and the more confidence you repose in me the more strenuous will be my efforts to prove myself worthy of it . |
| 22 | The squire who carried the news to the king at Berkhamsted reached him on the evening of June 24th . |
| 23 | One of Nogai 's brothers slapped him on the shoulder , but Burun shouted , ‘ Which target were you aiming at , Nogai ? ’ |
| 24 | Dr Neil saw her on the bed , face swollen and unrecognisable , all her bright lustre gone . |
| 25 | He jumped as Heg tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 26 | There was ZTT 's Frankie Goes To Hollywood , and Propaganda ; Paul Morley promoted them on the assumption that pop was run by flabby-faced cowards who did n't even know how to do their own job — in other words , it took an aesthete to know and score a hit . |
| 27 | My local authority of Calderdale spent responsibly , and a Government Department patted it on the back , saying that it was the second most efficient metropolitan authority in the country . |
| 28 | He looked so downcast that even Angalo patted him on the shoulder . |
| 29 | Corbett patted her on the hand . |
| 30 | To their surprise , a rather familiar looking vehicle passed them on the road . |