He held her hand, and he kept patting it compulsively.

The tears were flowing freely again, and Maggie could think of nothing to say, but just kept patting him on the back.

She kept patting Roy's hand, telling him what a swell guy he was.

More like the towel with which the woman kept patting her hair.

One hand, al- most out of sight in the long sleeve, kept patting the pocket holding the bottle.

"Yovani kept patting me on the head," he recalled later.

Her husband kept patting her hand and looked at me out of his fine dark eyes, which were so like his dead son's.

You keep patting me on the back like that and you're liable to break your wrist.

The woman gave Sarah a sympathetic hug, and she kept lightly patting her arm while they talked.

He had his arm about her, and kept gently patting her on the shoulder.