Example sentences of "hit [pers pn] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We soaked up a great deal of pressure , but then hit them on the break , ’ he said .
2 He looked at me and hit me on the shoulder .
3 I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow .
4 ‘ It blew the clock off the wall and hit me on the head . ’
5 ‘ The jet-ski shot out of the water and hit me on the head .
6 His first day in 1924 watching his county , Sussex , convinced him that there is no greater moment than a big hit : ‘ As I walked into the ground a ball came bouncing off the Town Hall roof and nearly hit me on the head .
7 He took a stick and hit me on the arm .
8 Something hit me on the back of the head , here , and I went out like a light .
9 Once , when we were going up one of the main avenues in the city a lump of thawing snow fell from a tree under which we were passing and hit me on the face .
10 Then Waters hit me on the shoulder and I was off across the paddock concentrating on the spot where Werewolf had suddenly vanished into the trees .
11 ‘ I shut my eyes , the ball hit me on the nose , and when I opened them it was in the back of the net ’ .
12 Bowers said : ‘ The ball hit me on the head — I did n't handle it .
13 I know , you hit me on the head .
14 The boom is the pole running across the bottom of the sail , designed to swing across the boat and hit you on the head when you try to turn .
15 Do n't sink into your shoulders as if one of the chandeliers is about to descend and hit you on the head .
16 ‘ They are a very good side , and remind me of our old Liverpool team in that they could sit back and hit you on the break , ’ he said .
17 daddy hit you on the nut did he ?
18 Council members mostly agreed they are a hazard , and Peter pointed out that if the car that hit him on a roundabout had been fitted with them , he would n't be here now .
19 One day last October , as a Conservative politician , Alberto Dahik , rose to speak in Congress , a rival congressman launched a heavy glass ashtray across the chamber and hit him on the head .
20 He had reached six when he played at a ball down the leg side which hit him on the thigh , with the bat some inches away , and was taken by Dujon .
21 So she hit him on the face to make him prick his ears !
22 In Bath last Wednesday , one hit him on the back of the neck and a woman was arrested .
23 April 1 , Bath : Mr Major was struck by a single egg , which hit him on the shoulder and neck .
24 When Dr Henry approached him , Dr Williams hit him on the side of the head and sent his glasses flying .
25 He reached the bottom first and the teapot , a close second , hit him on the head and smashed , spilling luke-warm tea down his navy-blue shirt .
26 As the gunman jack-knifed , Trent hit him on the point of the jaw .
27 Something enormous hit him on the nose .
28 When Gorelli turned his face up to the balcony , Jed hit him on the shoulder with the gun .
29 Luckily , it hit him on the head .
30 During their ‘ strange relationship ’ , Bryan had shot his friend in the chest with a crossbow , hit him on the head with a medieval mace and slashed at him with a sword , the judge heard .
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