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 . |