Example sentences of "slapping [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 2 | And so am Ah , ’ he added , slapping me on the back as he got out of the car . |
| 3 | Minutes later Charlie was outside the tent , buttoning up his jacket before continually slapping himself on the back in an effort to keep warm . |
| 4 | She looked at him , for a moment all sarcasm wiped from his features , the eyelids calm as a corpse , arranged for a laying out , the unusual pallor of his skin like mica in the dark , but the seraphic vision lasted only a fraction of a moment , and the glint came back into his eyes and the twist to his mouth , and he said , slapping her on the side of her breast with a playful cut , ‘ Fantastic . |
| 5 | Two , three times , I had my pleasure of her before kissing her roundly on the cheeks , slapping her on the bottom and whispering a fond adieu . |
| 6 | ‘ Why man , ’ said James Watt , slapping him on the back . |
| 7 | ‘ Yer no' wrang , ’ Tam replied , slapping him on the back . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ You see , Frank , ’ I said , slapping him on the back . |
| 10 | 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 " . |
| 11 | ‘ You had us worried at Central Office after the by-election Joe , but you certainly proved us wrong three months later , ’ said Mr Parkinson , slapping him on the back . |