Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb past] him 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 policeman found him in the river near Waterloo station .
5 A chill caught him in the stomach .
6 Then the unit going to Belfast , and the day a sniper killed him in the Crumlin Road .
7 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 .
8 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 .
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