The skins were rinsed in saline solution and patted dry : the surface lipids were left intact.
They both often patted me on the back.
A common strategy for attempting to soothe a crying baby is to repeat, sore, sore, as the child is patted or bounced up and down.
He patted my hand companionably.
The musky rat-kangaroo would then cover the area with leaf litter using its nose and mouth and finally the litter would be patted down with the hands.
B is an extremely neurotic person who cannot bear to be patted on the back.
Well, he has had a bright idea; he deserves to be patted on the back and to receive some financial recompense.
We have rightly patted ourselves on the back for our humanitarianism.
