11.   I patted his back and started to remember.

12.   I tried patting his back to make him purr.

13.   Instead, he strode among his Democratic supporters as if presiding over a memorial service, shaking hands, patting backs and expressing his gratitude for their support.

14.   Lay worked the room, shaking hands, patting backs and pulling out photographs of his grandchildren to share with secretaries.

15.   Patriots owner Bob Kraft attended practice Friday, mingling with his players, shaking their hands, patting their backs, small-talking and offering general encouragement.

16.   Shaking hands and patting backs, the Cox Communications Inc. chief executive officer mingles with Arizona lawmakers, regulators and state business executives.

17.   Someone hands him a beer and pats his back.

18.   The event is supposed to puncture the notion that nothing imaginative ever gets built on the municipal account and to pat the backs of aesthetically minded officials.

19.   The president hugged her as he stepped to the lectern, and she beamingly patted his back with her right hand.

20.   The president hugged her as he stepped to the lectern, and, beaming, she patted his back.