Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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1 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
2 | A wave slapped him in the mouth . |
3 | Haines fell over and a Corporal kicked him in the stomach , shouting at him to stand up . |
4 | A bomb hit us in the night , d' ya not know that ? |
5 | Therry Buleita spent a whole night in this position ; each time her head dropped , a policeman kicked her in the face . |
6 | A policeman found him in the river near Waterloo station . |
7 | A chill caught him in the stomach . |
8 | A tinker accosted me in the bar , asking for a glass of brandy , but I gave him short shrift . |
9 | Then the unit going to Belfast , and the day a sniper killed him in the Crumlin Road . |
10 | Fisherman Malcolm Gibson has a new rod after a youth threw his in the sea . |
11 | Robert Harris established his name many years ago as a designer of sound blue water cruising yachts , so it was no surprise when a couple tackled him in the late 1960s to design for them a small yacht that would take them from Canada to New Zealand in both comfort and safety . |
12 | The Yak banked again , came in fast , cannon shell punching into the Stork and Farber cried out as a bullet caught him in the shoulder . |
13 | Once , this woman from an agency stopped me in the street and offered me a job and I travelled to Manchester to her agency , but they said : you 'd need to lose a few pounds , and get rid of this spot , and things like that ; and I thought : I ca n't be bothered . |