He had to have time out to pat his back.

I patted his back as though he were a big dog.

She patted my back and held me down against the bench on which I was writing.

He shifted the baby to his shoulder and patted its back.

I don't think so,' she said, reaching over to pat his back.

I went up to him and patted his back.

Susan was walking around the a bedroom, patting the child's back and trying to him her.

As 1 lean out of the car, Simon pats my back.

She patted the boy's back and let him cry out his baby frustration against her neck.

"They need a straight woman here," she says, patting his back.