Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it does seem possible that Georgina purposely waylaid Arabella on the day before she died , and that the two of them had a row . |
| 2 | " It might be too late then , " Joseph said slapping Patrick on the shoulder , before turning back into the shop and closing the door . |
| 3 | She had been christened Nicandra on the insistence of her father who , in his luckier years , had bred and trained and ridden an outstanding winner of that name . |
| 4 | His hooves caught Will on the side of the head . |
| 5 | Perhaps we should decline the invitation to join the forum and just keep a watching brief , but I thought I should let you know of its existence and purpose , I would be interested to know if you think there is a suitable person in your branch who would be able and interested in representing CPRW on the forum . |
| 6 | PETER SHILTON gave his able deputy Ray Newland a vote of thanks last night for keeping Plymouth on the Cup trail after his most taxing week in management . |
| 7 | Kate often joins Nigel on the set when he 's working . |
| 8 | In the afternoon she had to trust Ruth on the way home . |
| 9 | Who was waiting to meet Karen on the night of November 13th , 1974 ? |
| 10 | Since our history books are still largely written from the liberal side we are amazed to find Wordsworth on the side of the aristocracy and against the rising hopes of the people ; as he himself put it : ‘ I can not but be of opinion that the feudal power yet surviving in England is eminently serviceable in counteracting the popular tendency to reform . ’ |
| 11 | She fell heavily and the raised hoof caught Maggie on the shoulder so powerfully that she too fell , pain washing over her like fire . |
| 12 | He admired the company 's pre-war products — efficient little sports cars with something of the modern Lotus spirit about them — more than any other car , and for a long time he used Astons on the road . |
| 13 | Another strand of thought survived in the East from the primitive church , namely the belief that God outwitted Satan on the cross . |
| 14 | When at last she snatched up her bedroom phone and found Rory on the end of it , Jessica had already endured a call from Terence . |
| 15 | Herodotus ' History can be seen as a sermon on the text that Spartans and Persians , even in their great period of conflict , gradually came to value each other 's qualities:2 at first ( Hdt. i.153 ) Cyrus the Great scoffs at the Greeks who come together in a market-place to cheat each other ; by the end , the exiled Spartan king Demaratos is shown ( vii.104 ) lecturing a clearly impressed Xerxes on the subject of Spartan deference to law . |
| 16 | So I phoned Derek on the car phone and erm he says oh we 'll get some taken elsewhere . |
| 17 | This surprise offer of a legitimate job with a very famous star , a very famous director and a lot of money caught Jack on the hop . |
| 18 | After Gerald Williams had caught Pontypool on the hop with a 16th minute try , converted by Mark Wyatt , the Kiwi import changed the whole course of events . |
| 19 | That evening a knock — furtive and hasty , telling Alice who it was — brought her out to find Monica on the path near the gate , not outside the door , for the girl had been afraid that Faye might open the door . |
| 20 | Picking up one of the large wooden podgers the women used to push down the bagwashes , Michael prodded Tommy on the shoulder . |
| 21 | Billy Baloo used to erm know Tommy on the wall |
| 22 | Doctors are keeping Tim on the life support machine for 24 hours to make sure the drugs have worked out of his system and have not ruled out all hope . |
| 23 | And in the Provincial Insurance Cup , Tredworth beat Stow on the Wold 5-0 in the quarter finals and remain the sole Central South representatives in the competition . |
| 24 | Another nanny beat Diana on the head with a wooden spoon if she was naughty or alternatively banged Charles and Diana 's heads together . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll leave you with young Hot-to-Trotsky here , then , ’ Clare says , patting Yvonne on the shoulder and winking at me as she sidles off through the cheering crowd . |
| 26 | When Odilo has Herta on the bed , splayed and buckled , with her ankles on either side of the headboard , it 's as if he 's trying to kill something rather than create it . |
| 27 | No need for secrets , so Mrs Files telephoned her daughter straight away , then told Frank Grimwood who came by with four brace of partridge from yesterday 's let shoot ; who stopped Alec on the tractor with a load of silage behind ; who met Tom in the grainstore ; who found Mary in the estate office when he went in to fill out his time sheet ; who confided in the postman when he came with the afternoon mail ; who amazed Mrs May in Forester 's Cottage when he delivered her Freeman 's Catalogue and a postcard from her son holidaying in Pouket ; who stunned her husband when he came in from the saw mill . |
| 28 | In the qualifying pool his seven-try spree — Brew and his policeman colleague Ian Strange scored in each of the five matches — helped Hong Kong 's comparatively modest outfit beat Zimbabwe on the try count and , accordingly , clinch a place in the World Cup Sevens final tournament . |
| 29 | Hall is more powerful than Jesse Jackson ; if he has Jesse on the show , he 's doing the guy a favour ! ’ |
| 30 | Chico caught Harpo on the chin with a right uppercut . |