Example sentences of "[verb] her on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ace had caught her on the hop again . |
| 2 | First pouring boiling water over the used coffee grounds , Trent led Mariana through to the living-room , seating her on the sofa . |
| 3 | ‘ I posed her on the sofa . |
| 4 | He was a real old country doctor , of a type that is fast dying out , and she knew that if she had been a few years younger he would have patted her on the cheek . |
| 5 | ‘ I asked my childminder to do what I do when Laura is naughty , and that is tap her on the hand and tell her ‘ no ’ — and that is all , ’ she explained . |
| 6 | The warm hold of Rochester was chosen by the sagacious brute , and Willis , always up very early , found her on the ruins of the new locker cushions , with live mud-coloured kittens . |
| 7 | Joe had been at the pub that evening , and when he arrived home just before ten , he found her on the floor . |
| 8 | Police and social workers called to her home in Bretch Hill in Banbury , found her on the floor of a filthy , stinking room , containing soiled sheets . |
| 9 | Fuck Jean remember the day we found her on the floor ? |
| 10 | They all found her on the telephone to her boyfriend again . |
| 11 | At ten past eight that evening , when he ran downstairs to answer his outer doorbell and found her on the doorstep , it was as if he had been kicked in the stomach . |
| 12 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 13 | ‘ My office sought to arrange an interview with the Secretary of State for Employment so I could brief her on the situation . |
| 14 | Leith felt sick to her stomach when Mr Ardis , either not believing that his son had just pounced unencouraged on her , or perhaps covering up for his son 's weaknesses , told her that a month 's severance pay would be sent to her , and dismissed her on the spot . |
| 15 | ‘ You dismissed her on the spot . ’ |
| 16 | There were photographs of her in the few parts she had been able to play in the years following her marriage ; photographs of her in youth , when her father had begun to launch her on the career which would be interrupted by the coming of Paul . |
| 17 | Tears jumped into Evelyn 's eyes and she started to hurry in the direction of the girls ' barracks , ignoring the missiles which caught her on the back and arms or dropped uselessly on either side . |
| 18 | I think I caught her on the hop , for she was wearing trousers and sandals and … no , I can not remember what else … . |
| 19 | Yes , I think I caught her on the hop . |
| 20 | It caught her on the elbow of her right arm and sliced right through the botched teflon sutures that held the forearm below it in place . |
| 21 | The blow caught her on the cheek and she fell against Gilbert . |
| 22 | A pistol butt caught her on the side of the head . |
| 23 | So if you kiss her on t' cheek , she 's on t' lips ! |
| 24 | Then I imagine she turns round and I lean over and kiss her on the mouth . |
| 25 | Holding out her hand , her smile wide , she said , ‘ It 's good to see you home again , Martin , ’ and his answer was to take her hand and kiss her on the cheek and say , ‘ It 's good to be home , Aunt . |
| 26 | Cornered , he resorted to patting her on the shoulder , while across his face flitted the craven smile of a man dealing with an unpredictable pet that yet might turn on him . |
| 27 | He rolled her over , patting her on the bottom , staring down at her , running his fingers through her hair . |
| 28 | It was here that the great receptions and gala balls took place , though it was not the setting for the traditional New Year 's ambassadorial reception as described by Hubner , which was that of the Throne part played by the Empress , since this was her first appearance at such a function and it thus enables us to observe her on an occasion of high formality : |
| 29 | Under Lily Laverock 's auspices , she came to Vancouver on an annual concert tour , and when Marjorie Agnew and I approached her on the matter she was delighted to become a sponsor . |
| 30 | Unionist leaders organized a demonstration against her visit and the Lord Mayor of the city refused to meet her on the grounds that she represented a state which laid claim in its constitution to jurisdiction over Northern Ireland . |