She took one look at Laura, started patting her, and led her to a chair.

Together, Frank and Al, just 20 feet from the burning plane, started patting the man's burning clothes with their hands.

Frost nodded and started patting the layer of papers on his desk to locate his cigarette packet.

Started patting his pockets, found his mobile and entered the access code.

He started patting all his pockets, looking for a pen.

I started patting the top of her head.

She tossed her ditty on his bunk and started patting the pillow into shape.

"First they started patting our bottoms," said Sharon Brown, 52, a retired school teacher.

"But I don't think it's in our best interest to start patting ourselves on the back."

The other shook his head, and with a grumble, started patting Kylar down gingerly.