Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 Father Devlin clapped him on the shoulder with a large heavy hand .
2 Devlin clapped him on the shoulder .
3 Patrick flung himself on the mattress which Sarah was to use , and jumped up and down on his knees , full of boyish energy .
4 Trent seated himself on the taffrail .
5 Bernie Scholtz passed her on the iron stairs as she was hurrying out .
6 Henley prides itself on the accessibility of its Faculty whose services extend well beyond the formal classroom environment .
7 The blow caught her on the cheek and she fell against Gilbert .
8 The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye .
9 Stewart joins us on the line now good morning Mr .
10 Trent found them on the floor and watched the old man thread the sprung arms over his ears .
11 She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine .
12 ‘ There would need to be an awful lot of call-offs before the five players untried at this level found themselves on the field at the same time , though , ’ said the coach .
13 This reconstruction of Rawls ' argument for the doctrine of neutral political concern attempts to found it on the notion of autonomy through the notion of moral self-determination .
14 David Beaton clapped him on the shoulder .
15 Maisie pecked him on the cheek .
16 Linda asked her on a sudden impulse .
17 She did n't care about anything ; she just wanted Meredith to see her on the back of the Prince 's white charger .
18 David clapped him on the shoulder and simply said :
19 A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them .
20 So Bobby found himself on the carpet — on the silk dressing gown — and on Rachel !
21 Edrich and Close soon went , and on two occasions Roberts found himself on a hat-trick ; the second time , Selvey edged to Greenidge at slip — and he dropped morning was fine and only one more run was added .
22 John and his team have already extracted considerable concessions from the Inland Revenue , which means that the majority of us will be able to continue as before , i.e. we will be able to satisfy the Inland Revenue that the majority of priests do not have the liability to tax on their income from the Church , without the need for the Inland Revenue to meet us on an individual basis .
23 And yet even with formal organisations there will be some discretion and there will be opportunities to impose oneself on the organisation .
24 First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child .
25 The first session , after I have finished speaking , will involve 12 speakers addressing you on the theme of the conference , each from his or her specific perspective .
26 The aircraft was hijacked by 15 convicts who overpowered guards escorting them on a flight from Neryungri to Yakutsk ( East Siberia ) .
27 You know , every week pop fans stop me on the street , the noo .
28 You know , every week pop fans stop me on the street , the noo .
29 Too busy joy-riding in their nice shiny patrol cars to hoof it on the beat . ’
30 Markby joined her on the further side and they both stopped to watch as their bovine companions lumbered up and stood in a row staring at them expectantly , tossing muddy heads .
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