Example sentences of "patting [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Patting me on the back , he added , ‘ I 'm proud of ye , Laddie . |
| 2 | Indicate erm tt what the percentage was , because we 've always been sitting round this table patting ourselves on the back , saying that er |
| 3 | and of course and we would have been patting ourselves on the back saying we could go in under |
| 4 | ‘ And my name 's Ashley Fleming , ’ Ashley said , fearful that Simon might start patting himself on the back yet again . |
| 5 | Cornered , he resorted to patting her on the shoulder , while across his face flitted the craven smile of a man dealing with an unpredictable pet that yet might turn on him . |
| 6 | He rolled her over , patting her on the bottom , staring down at her , running his fingers through her hair . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | His father , unable to speak the words of farewell , kept patting him on the back , his face a ruin . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ There , there , ’ said Angalo helplessly , patting him on the shoulder . |
| 11 | All I did was to congratulate Mark by patting him on the thigh , ’ said Roger Hoad . |
| 12 | ‘ Never mind , Uncle , ’ she said , patting him on the head , ‘ you 're not into this , are you ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Lead on , MacDuff ’ , said Audrey , patting him on the head as the bogie rolled past . |
| 15 | I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single-minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous . |
| 16 | Most British people and publications I am acquainted with are quite proud of their command of the English language and engage in quite a lot of patting themselves on the back . |
| 17 | The Chancellor and the Prime Minister are patting themselves on the back for the fact that they have managed to reduce British inflation rates to something like the German levels , but there is a difference between the two . |