Example sentences of "[verb] gently on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes he worked in his room and painted a haunting portrait of Rachel Osterlind , her cheek resting gently on her hand , as a thank-you to his hosts . |
| 2 | He moved closer , into the dimness of the stall itself , and stood there beside her , his hand resting gently on the horse 's flank . |
| 3 | Christopher had at last gone to sleep and Louise , her chin resting gently on his head , was thinking of the son who was n't with her . |
| 4 | If Moby became nervous or anxious , I suggested Jeanne and John tried to ignore it and simply jolly him along unless he became overtly upset , in which case they were to offer short , protective verbal reassurance , insist gently on a ‘ sit ’ , then gradually lead him off again toward the object or person which had spooked him . |
| 5 | Ngune was helped into the back of the van and placed gently on a palliasse with his head resting on a pillow . |
| 6 | He ached with the fear that God was moving through the woods , coming nearer and nearer to him , a figure with a face he could not imagine , a shining shape , brushing past the respectful fern and pressing gently on the fallen twigs . |
| 7 | Finn sucked gently on his cigarette and looked across the table at Gregson , who was peering through the window into the street beyond . |
| 8 | Romantically but not altogether inaccurately , James Emerson Tennant , Colonial Secretary to Ceylon , wrote of the island in 1859 in his book Ceylon : ‘ a pendant that nestles gently on the swelling bosom of the Indian Ocean . |
| 9 | Kosi left her plastic beaker of tea steaming gently on the nearest flat surface while she and Lars headed for the centre of the room . |
| 10 | She picked up a slotted spoon from the table and beat gently on the tin lid . |
| 11 | Rain pattered gently on the unlined metal above , and he hoped it drowned his panting breath . |
| 12 | Polly drew her index finger across his lips and gasped as his teeth fastened gently on it . |
| 13 | With only the fire 's glow and the light from the lamp on the table remaining , he stretched out on the sofa , the tumbler between his hands bobbing gently on his domed belly . |
| 14 | The basket bumped gently on the tree branch . |
| 15 | [ 2 ] He took all his pain and what was left of his strength and his long-gone pride and he put it against the fish 's agony and the fish came over onto his side and swam gently on his side , his bill almost touching the planking of the skiff , and started to pass the boat , long , deep , wide , silver and barred with purple and interminable in the water . |
| 16 | Seawitch moved gently on the water . |
| 17 | I feel his hand land gently on my knee . |
| 18 | The faces are meek and accepting , the tears trembling gently on the cheeks ; one can not imagine these model women roaring with laughter or howling with rage . |
| 19 | He breathed a sigh of relief as he heard Corbett begin to play gently on the lute he always carried , a sign his master was content , reflecting on his own secret thoughts and not keeping a wary eye on him . |
| 20 | Mr Wolski 's old head bent over Minch and his hands rested gently on her back . |
| 21 | Her hand rested gently on top of his . |
| 22 | Two halves rested gently on the bookcase I examined the inside of one half . |
| 23 | He pressed gently on the brake and indicated the right turn into Randall Lodge . |
| 24 | Delaney heaved himself aboard , the vessel moving gently on the only-black water of the dock . |
| 25 | It had taken Christina a long time to grow accustomed to the nocturnal sounds of the tropics , but she loved them now , and finally fell into a deep sleep , lulled by the incessant chirping of crickets , wind rustling the huge traveller 's palm outside the bedroom window , and the Caribbean sea breaking gently on the shore . |
| 26 | Even the sight of the herds , grazing gently on the new young grass , failed to cheer him . |
| 27 | Corbett went past the church towards the priest 's house and knocked gently on the half-open door . |
| 28 | He sheathed his dagger , whispered to Ranulf and Maltote to wait at the top of the alleyway , and knocked gently on the shop door . |
| 29 | Outside in the passage Ferris was prancing gently on his toes like a runner limbering for a race . |
| 30 | Virgin snow lay heaped on royal-blue tarpaulins which covered glistening black gondolas riding gently on the dark , silky water . |