Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So remorseful was Shiva that he took the head of the first creature he encountered and placed it on the boy 's shoulders . |
| 2 | There was a noticeable hesitation before Tamar rose and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 3 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 4 | Once , when we were going up one of the main avenues in the city a lump of thawing snow fell from a tree under which we were passing and hit me on the face . |
| 5 | And on a Saturday with Jenny going in if there 's any overtime you and old what's-a-name was there and he came and tapped me on the shoulder . |
| 6 | Pulling a little face , she carefully folded the tea-towel she 'd been using and laid it on the work surface . |
| 7 | When he turned and saw her on the ground he strode back , hunkering down beside her . |
| 8 | I shook my head , and she smiled and nodded and patted me on the shoulder and padded off to the kitchen . |
| 9 | She let the stranger touch her for a minute , and then the woman bent and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 10 | Do n't sink into your shoulders as if one of the chandeliers is about to descend and hit you on the head . |
| 11 | Benjamin grinned and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 12 | The strange boy grinned and wiped it on the seat of his shorts . |
| 13 | Then , when he sought to take the oath , the House itself refused and excluded him on the dubious ground that , being an atheist , he could not swear . |
| 14 | One day Tod took from the trash a framed certificate and went and hung it on the toilet doornail . |
| 15 | A horse called Metronome and a rider called Pippa Nolan set the pace over the cross country course at Blenheim on Saturday … second after the dressage they pushed into the lead … a re-run of last year when Pippa went and lost it on the showjumping … this year the field was even tougher |
| 16 | I do n't know how this happened , but er erm a piece of wood or something fell and hit him on the back of the neck and woke him up and he woke up from the vivid dream of being at the time of the French Revolution , of being lead up the guillotine and having his head chopped off . |
| 17 | He laughed and clapped him on the back . |
| 18 | They laughed and clapped me on the back and handed the container round the circle again . |
| 19 | He laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 20 | They laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 21 | She laughed and patted him on the head , but he sat up and frowned at her impatiently . |
| 22 | Shots slammed into the walls inside the courtyard where the civilians cried and threw themselves on the ground . |