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

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1	Owen 's reaction touched him on a sore spot ; and it was made all the sorer by an angry feeling inside him that there had indeed been incompetence , Egyptian incompetence , that he , Mahmoud , was ultimately responsible for it — and that there was absolutely nothing that he could in practice do about it .
2	He overtook Paul and suddenly , affectionately touched him on the shoulder .
3	On his journey , fearful and probably suffering from reactionary depression , he slept a night under a broom bush , where he dreamed that an angel touched him on the shoulder and bade him rise and eat .
4	They then wrapped it in linen and concealed it about their person : to jade a horse they touched him in the pit of the shoulder with the frog 's bone : to release the horse they touched him on the rump .
5	Mr Utterson stepped forward and touched him on the shoulder .
6	On the first landing he stopped and stole a glance down the Nightingale Gallery , so engrossed he jumped when Allingham suddenly touched him on the shoulder .
7	Cranston touched him on the arm and pointed to the far corner , just past the huge gateway .
8	‘ Master , ’ I touched him on the shoulder , ‘ it is strange that these messengers stop at the same convent where the Lady Francesca was educated .
9	At four o'clock , nearly an hour before sunrise , the first blackbird began to sing and Thorfinn moved from light sleep to full awareness a moment before Klakkr son of Bathrik , his body-servant for many years , touched him on the shoulder and gave him the sentry 's report : no movement from the enemy in the wood .
10	So he did not understand why Izzie touched him on the shoulder before they began and said , ‘ At the first sign of any trouble , just stop .
11	She put out a hand and touched him on the sleeve , but he moved back as if he had n't noticed , and she said on a rising note , ‘ Why are you looking like that ? ’

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