Example sentences of "strike [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she passed , she said , a policeman had struck her in the face with a baton , ‘ and I had n't opened my mouth to him ’ . |
| 2 | Had the batsman not ducked , the ball might have struck him in the solar plexus . |
| 3 | It would have struck him in the face if at the last moment , sensing it coming , he had not ducked his head . |
| 4 | When he reached the hut Ariel had built , he found Kit Everard asleep on the threshold , curled up like a worm when a hoe has struck it in the earth , rust-pink and grimacing with his whole body , as if in pain . |
| 5 | Can be proved by describing the duty being performed , e.g. ‘ I said to John Brown ‘ You are being arrested for conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ and was just about to hold his arm and caution him when he struck me in the face with his left fist etc . ’ |
| 6 | The romance of the French Foreign Legion struck me in the same way , and especially the exhibits from Kolwezi and Chad , where there were photographs of camouflaged paras with shaved heads and sunglasses helping starving babies . |
| 7 | If lightning did strike me in the same minute , it would be treated as a miracle . |
| 8 | ‘ He struck her in the face and told her to move over . |
| 9 | Mark turned , just as the dogs took off together in a huge leap which struck him in the chest , knocking him backwards into the boot where he sat , legs dangling , with both arms wrapped around the excited dogs . |
| 10 | Mr Reagan was showered by shards of glass , including at least one that struck him in the face , but was unhurt . |
| 11 | As he raised his binoculars to scan the coast , the wind struck him in the face . |
| 12 | ‘ He came over incensed , accusing me of hitting the ball that struck him in the testicles … it 's a reflection of the degree of tension . ’ |
| 13 | The club struck him in the stomach again , dripping him to his knees , and there was a sudden crack that seemed unnaturally loud in the silence . |
| 14 | Luck playing a somewhat greater part in the matter than judgement , the bullet struck him in the calf , tore through the muscles there and exited , spattering the wall behind with blood and pink tissue . |
| 15 | Walsh crudely hacked down Kay but referee Peck had to send off the Sunderland player , who tried to grab Walsh and struck him in the face . |
| 16 | I struck him in the chest and sent him reeling . |
| 17 | If one knight became separated from the rest of his team he might find five or six opponents all bearing down on him at once , and one of them might strike him in the back . |
| 18 | She beat at him with her fists , striking him in the face , making him jerk back his head . |