Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 Then the door of the Earl 's hall slowly yielded , and his father carried him in and laid him on the same bales .
2 She leaned in and pecked me on the lips .
3 She pushed them down and left them on the floor .
4 The medal was handed to her on a velvet cushion and she bent down and hung it on a little hook with which we had each been provided on arrival .
5 She was taking off her hat and coat as she spoke ; then going over to her aunt , she bent down and kissed her on the cheek , and followed this with the same salutation for her uncle ; and in response he patted her on the shoulder .
6 He bent down and kissed her on the lips .
7 Suddenly he pulled her head down and kissed her on the lips .
8 I forced the gun down and hit myself on the knees .
9 P.S. I think we left some skeletons in water , if so , tell James to take them out merely and lay them on the table to dry .
10 She took his beaker away and placed it on the balcony wall .
11 Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan .
12 Ronni carried them indoors and laid them on the kitchen table , scarcely able to bear the mouth-watering aromas that were escaping from beneath the tin foil .
13 She leaned over and kissed me on the cheek .
14 Hoping desperately that she had not changed her mind , he leaned over and kissed her on the mouth .
15 ‘ Thanks , ’ he grinned , then leant over and kissed her on the cheek .
16 She went over and perched herself on the ottoman at his feet .
17 ‘ Someone could have hit him and then he fell over and hit himself on the fender or the door-jamb or the bedpost — ’
18 He attempted to stop the wheel of history , but the wheel turned on and crushed him on the cross .
19 I took off my coat quickly and tossed it on the chair in front of my desk .
20 Before we sat down in the restaurant Jamila took me aside and kissed me on the mouth .
21 One day a big bit of plaster fell off and hit him on the head .
22 The Doctor took his hat off and placed it on the floor in the centre of the junction .
23 He took his bowler hat off and placed it on the chest .
24 As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head !
25 He jumped up and kissed her on the cheek .
26 I got up and kissed her on the way up and went to meet the boys .
27 The tall heavy , dark-haired with thick brows too close together , stood up and balanced himself on the balls of his feet .
28 If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity .
29 Old Henry VII , father to the Great Killer , was a born miser and inveterate liar who would n't know the truth if it jumped up and bit him on the nose .
30 After calling Willie several times and getting no response , he eventually gave up and tapped him on the shoulder .
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