Example sentences of "[v-ing] him on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dyson swung the wheel to the left , then swung it sharply to the right again to avoid a lorry which was overtaking him on the inside . |
| 2 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
| 3 | He gave the man the Viaticum and blessed him , anointing him on the head , chest , hands and feet . |
| 4 | ‘ Never mind , Uncle , ’ she said , patting him on the head , ‘ you 're not into this , are you ? ’ |
| 5 | Wycliffe felt like patting him on the head , but he thanked him and saw him off with his samples , then he went back to his little office and sat staring at the wall . |
| 6 | ‘ Lead on , MacDuff ’ , said Audrey , patting him on the head as the bogie rolled past . |
| 7 | His father , unable to speak the words of farewell , kept patting him on the back , his face a ruin . |
| 8 | Mungo felt like patting him on the back to show him that they sympathized , but the moment passed , and anyway Mr Zamoyski might not have understood . |
| 9 | All I did was to congratulate Mark by patting him on the thigh , ’ said Roger Hoad . |
| 10 | He recalled his uncles , ‘ tall and solemn , ’ standing behind them , patting him on the shoulder affectionately ; neighbours and friends behind them , and the factory workers taking their own , lowlier places . |
| 11 | ‘ There , there , ’ said Angalo helplessly , patting him on the shoulder . |
| 12 | Brown was found guilty after trial of assaulting Mr Kelly , 23 , by punching and kicking him about the head and body , seizing hold of him , stabbing him on the body with a knife and to the danger of his life . |
| 13 | Once a top dealer rushed to his new desk , tapping him on the shoulder : " I 've got a client on the line , " he said . |
| 14 | Then Musto joined in , kicking him on the head . |
| 15 | ‘ Daddy , darling , ’ Alyssia said , smiling genuinely for the first time since she had stepped foot back on to English soil and kissing him on the tip of his nose , ‘ in your own cantankerous way , you 've put your finger right on the button . ’ |
| 16 | It was rare for Frau Nordern to kiss her husband affectionately but she did so now , kissing him on the cheek and ruffling his hair . |
| 17 | I keep getting him on the phone , I already know . |
| 18 | A jury had earlier convicted Duncan of assaulting Andrew Clarkson by punching him on the head and body to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement . |
| 19 | After approaching him on the street and ushering him into the house he told the boy ; ’ Welcome to the Devil 's Kingdom ’ and threatened to kill him if he did nt co-operate . |
| 20 | Joining him on the panel were Jack Longland , Ralph Wightman , Lord Boothby and Mary Stocks . |
| 21 | The Count himself appears on horseback on the right-hand side of the portal , above a capital , while counterbalancing him on the left is a monster devouring a man ( only the bottom half of him remains to go down ) . |
| 22 | Now Becky Blandford , although separated from her husband has been defending him on the daytime television programme , This morning . |
| 23 | Early in 1918 , a meeting of Unionist leaders considered future relations with Lloyd George and " Bob Cecil and Curzon [ were ] against touching him on the ground that he is such a dirty little rogue " . |
| 24 | Suspended for a week by the club , fined £2,000 and dropped following misbehaviour at a supporters ' dinner , Merson spoke of the 89th-minute winner that restored Arsenal to the top as a personal thankyou to Arsenal 's players and staff for assisting him on the road to recovery . |
| 25 | Len was thumping him on the arm now with his fist . |
| 26 | ‘ Why man , ’ said James Watt , slapping him on the back . |
| 27 | ‘ Yer no' wrang , ’ Tam replied , slapping him on the back . |
| 28 | The detectives who were not detectives after all stepped forward to meet him , one of them shaking hands , the other slapping him on the back . |
| 29 | ‘ You see , Frank , ’ I said , slapping him on the back . |
| 30 | When the cavalcade finally reached the market cross , Captain Kate made a speech to the crowd and presented one of the Tory MPs with " a Sprig of Gilded Rosemary , stuck into an Orange " , and , slapping him on the back , exhorted " Now , Boys , or Never , for the Church " . |