Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without taking hold of me , she forced me to stand in one spot of my own will , while she whipped me on all sides . |
| 2 | Mrs Boswell had packed sheets in her husband 's luggage , and Joseph Ritter laid them on both beds . |
| 3 | Cos they had the , the expensive yarns and they produced them on these machines with very little waste . |
| 4 | He re-emphasised it on another occasion : ‘ I identify with this notion … |
| 5 | My Dad ( who smoked ! ) caught us on that occasion and my punishment was being forced to smoke a whole cigarette ( which I did n't want ) in front of my friends who were called into the front room especially to witness the humiliation . |
| 6 | Practical jokes were the order of the day during the making of The Jokers ; everyone played them on each other . |
| 7 | Well he , he appreciated at the previous table show on the sixth of October and that was a case when it was always you know , because Danny only told me on that night that he could come . |
| 8 | Over the years , he told me on many occasions of his first day in business at Wilton when a young man . |
| 9 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |
| 10 | ( President Assad told him on that occasion that Saddam Hussein was like a chain-smoker : ‘ He can not help lighting another one before he has finished the first . |
| 11 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 12 | I did n't know there were a video , I says get your he just tuned it on any channel , I says get your remote control for your telly I says and click |
| 13 | But whereas Edouard loved cars for their design , and their beauty , and collected them on that basis , Grégoire loved them for the engines under their gleaming bonnets . |
| 14 | Although the ministers were too polite to commit themselves , even when I pressed them on this point , it was clear to me that they felt they , and their church , had been used . |
| 15 | Nervously reading from a statement , she said : ‘ He kissed me on both cheeks and placed his hand on my waist . |
| 16 | Back at the house , Ilsa kissed me on both cheeks . |
| 17 | She said , ‘ Lulu , how lovely to see you ! ’ and kissed me on both cheeks . ’ |
| 18 | I met this Frenchman at Masstricht who kissed me on both cheeks . |
| 19 | Before he climbed the gangway of the RAF VC10 he grasped her arm and kissed her on each cheek . |
| 20 | At the end , the photographer kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're getting my postcards , are n't you ? ’ he asked as he kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 22 | Raimondo kissed her on both cheeks , then clapped his hands and began barking out orders . |
| 23 | ‘ Vitor 's happy to take you , ’ she declared serenely , and kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 24 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |
| 25 | The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner . |
| 26 | The Colonel kissed him on both cheeks . |
| 27 | He put his arms on Myeloski 's shoulders , leant forward and kissed him on both cheeks . |
| 28 | Sabrina kissed him on both cheeks then ran her hand lightly over his hair . |
| 29 | Thérèse sprang at him , kissed him on both cheeks . |
| 30 | He read her expression — enquiring — and touched her on both shoulders . |