Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] me on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't get it out of them who had paid for her , but old Alex the cleaner told me on the side : Boswell , Slim Boswell . ’ |
| 2 | I can get a boy from the village to help me on the farm . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , all this business putting me on the carpet … implying that I might leave you short . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I shut my eyes , the ball hit me on the nose , and when I opened them it was in the back of the net ’ . |
| 5 | Bowers said : ‘ The ball hit me on the head — I did n't handle it . |
| 6 | And the next day — well nearly — the Service put me on the list as an Administration Trainee . |
| 7 | Everyone laughed , and the captain clapped me on the back and called me a good fellow . |
| 8 | Then I wandered outside to look at the wreaths and the Salvation Army Captain touched me on the shoulder . |
| 9 | As Nancy slid the first tape into her video machine I settled down to watch her at work , but , throughout , the advice offered me on the screen was interspersed with more from the sofa next to me , where she sat eagerly adding a tumult of tips to those already being relayed . |
| 10 | Er I 'd like to i ask our presenters this morning to join me on the stage to take any questions from the floor and ask if you could er fill in your er y y your sur your sheets on the on today 's events before you leave please . |
| 11 | The man told me on the telly that is the best so |
| 12 | The farmer put me on the table , with some small pieces of bread and meat in front of me . |
| 13 | A hand clasped me on the shoulder . |
| 14 | I shall have a fat Davidoff in my breast pocket and an old crony to slap me on the back . |
| 15 | ‘ A wasp stung me on the finger . ’ |
| 16 | Not just because of Joachim 's kindness but that chance encounter put me on the road to solving Selkirk 's riddles and the horrible murders they caused . ) |
| 17 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 18 | Dad patted me on the head and Mum gives me this little kiss on the cheek and then they went off and left me with this old woman . |
| 19 | One day my mum sat me on the bed and started talking to me . |
| 20 | As I panted in the thin air , a herdboy passed me on the broken steps which zigzagged up the mountainside , joining the smooth terraces with their retaining walls of stone . |