Example sentences of "bullet hit him [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Some bullets hit him in the air and more bullets hit him as he lay on the ground .
2 Two bullets hit him in the left arm , and numerous metal fragments flew into his face , including a piece in his jaw which could never be extracted .
3 But it came too late for him to do anything about it , for when he straightened up and turned towards the bank the bullet hit him in the chest and his body seemed to disintegrate and fly in all directions , and he knew that death was on him and that it was something that divided you into a million parts and each fragment screamed as it flung itself into eternity .
4 The first bullet hit him in the back , severing his spine .
5 From point-blank range the first bullet hit him in the stomach , doubling him up as it punched a hole just to the left of his navel , ploughing through intestines before lodging close to his spine .
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