Example sentences of "[verb] he [adv] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 Jacques Devraux had not troubled to make him known to the senator , but while his father made a final check of the baggage truck , Paul Devraux had patted him affectionately on the shoulder and introduced him to them as " the great all-purpose Annamese genie Ngo Van Loc , who 's houseboy , camp boy , chauffeur and indispensable general assistant to the humble Devraux family . "
2 Although he agreed , it was obviously difficult for Adam to let go of the reins , as Lissa discovered when she arrived at Lynx some time later to find him still on the premises .
3 He continued to go forward and even when Hodkinson caught him flush on the jaw with a straight right , it did n't stop his forward march .
4 The man ducked , weaving to his left so that Trent 's fist caught him high on the right cheek .
5 She beamed at her husband , bravely facing the barrage of produce , and winced as a particularly juicy specimen caught him right on the chin .
6 She caught him again on the way back between oven and table , and sank herself into him once more , but after a moment became conscious that he was having to make a considerable effort to hold the hot saucepan away from her at arm 's length .
7 Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope .
8 Her hand shot out and caught him fully on the side of the face , causing him to wince .
9 I found him here on the floor with his neck broken .
10 As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room .
11 Behind him is the god Horus who guides his elbow while patting him lightly on the shoulder .
12 Jezrael lashed a hand out to punch him hard on the jaw .
13 She smacked him playfully on the bottom with her tea towel .
14 Nicky Henderson 's Wont Be Gone Long ( 2.20 ) has top weight but is not badly treated considering he beat Lockwood Prince by 15 lengths at Chepstow last May and meets him here on the same terms .
15 Nicky Henderson 's Wont Be Gone Long ( 2.20 ) has top weight but is not badly treated considering he beat Lockwood Prince by 15 lengths at Chepstow last May and meets him here on the same terms .
16 Con settled down opposite and when the boxer leaped to lick his face he clumped him companionably on the head with his fist .
17 The Democratic leadership in Congress has pushed him hard on the issue .
18 Then how came he alone on the path from the ferry ? ’
19 He had met the Shah year before and the Shah had lectured him imperiously on the need for law and order in affairs of state .
20 He would be certain , positive , that he was about to walk Into a tree , or a post or sign he had n't noticed ; even that somebody had been watching from behind a tree and was about to leap out and punch him hard on the nose .
21 His 69 Test wickets cost 38.72 each , and against England he took 28 wickets at 43 — expensive , but good enough to put him high on the list of all-rounders .
22 She reached up , and kissing him fiercely on the lips , whispered a rhyme she had made up years before : " Tristram Pascoe , Tristram Pascoe , never , never let your lass go ! " — and when they had hugged , she watched him climb nimbly over the wall and heard him jump down into the hayfield on the other side .
23 She kissed him affectionately on the cheek and dashed off before she could persuade herself not to listen to him .
24 And the first time she met Luke she stepped up and kissed him passionately on the lips .
25 She kissed him again on the lips before mouth followed the path her hands were taking .
26 She reached up and kissed him softly on the mouth .
27 She kissed him lightly on the lips and rose from the bed to get dressed .
28 She stood up and kissed him lightly on the lips .
29 She kissed him lightly on the cheek .
30 Maisie kissed him lightly on the cheek .
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