Example sentences of "hit out at " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she caught her breath , her temper erupted , and in wild self-defence she pushed against the steel wall of his chest , twisted frantically in his arms , her grey eyes sparking fire as she lifted her hand to hit out at him blindly . |
| 2 | Her initial instinct was to hit out at him in violent retaliation , the insults unendurable and unanswerable in any other way , and yet at the same time , some still , small place of recognition at the centre of all that red-hot emotion was acknowledging the kernel of truth hidden within the offensive words . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll sort it out , ’ he assured her callously as they entered the building , and she suppressed an urge to hit out at him and tell him exactly what he had done and was doing to her . |
| 4 | More and more she was acting like a bitch ; more than once she had to restrain the urge to hit out at him , punch him in his good-looking , smarmy face , especially when she would come upon him in the drawing-room sitting holding her great-gran 's hand , stroking it gently as if it were a cat , and that old woman sitting there and , like a cat , lapping it up . |
| 5 | Earlier , Labour used the cut-out of Chancellor Lamont to hit out at the introduction of charges for eye and dental checks , increased bills from privatised companies , the cost of administrating the Poll Tax and VAT . |
| 6 | Secretaries hit out at that bad office equipment |
| 7 | John Daly , 26 , who won last year 's US professional golfers ' championship , hit out at 40-year-old wife Bettye during a party in Denver , Colorado , police said . |
| 8 | A spokeswomen for Women Against Rape hit out at the ‘ low ’ jail sentence last night . |
| 9 | Last night Mr Taylor 's neighbours and his local Tory MP hit out at the sentences . |
| 10 | THE Duchess of York hit out at Government cutbacks on cash to help people with drink and drugs problems yesterday . |
| 11 | Clerk of the course Rodger Farrant described the turnout for the race as a ‘ disaster ’ and hit out at racehorse owners . |
| 12 | BILLY BONDS hit out at his West Ham side after they threw away a 2-0 lead in a 2-2 draw with Luton at Upton Park . |
| 13 | But Palace assistant manager Alan Smith yesterday jumped to the defence of his young side and hit out at Souness — who is particularly angry at a Gareth Southgate challenge on David Burrows which left the full-back with ligament and cartilage damage . |
| 14 | WEST HAM stalwart Tony Gale last night hit out at the club 's decision to place him on the transfer list . |
| 15 | THE grandfather of Cadbury Flake girl Rachel Brown last night hit out at the ‘ evil ’ person who gave her the designer drug Ecstasy . |
| 16 | Winner , famous for his Deathwish movies , hit out at Broadcasting Standards Council boss Lord Rees-Mogg . |
| 17 | TOTTENHAM last night hit out at claims of a rift between chief executive Terry Venables and chairman Alan Sugar . |
| 18 | OUTSPOKEN Australian winger David Campese last night hit out at the decision to stage Saturday 's match between the world champions and the Barbarians at Twickenham . |
| 19 | Mr Major hit out at pessimists who were undermining confidence by talking Britain down through ‘ messages of gloom ’ : |
| 20 | Brewers hit out at 5pc duty rise |
| 21 | Dame Barbara , 91 , hit out at a survey which labelled her Britain 's 34th richest woman . |
| 22 | MANCHESTER City chairman Peter Swales yesterday hit out at the eight Premier League clubs who torpedoed the £13 million Bass sponsorship deal . |
| 23 | PROTEST : Friends of the Earth hit out at polluters |
| 24 | ANGRY Aston Villa boss Ron Atkinson yesterday hit out at a Premier League fixture glut that threatens to rebound on England . |
| 25 | Brown also hit out at the content of rap music , saying , ‘ I 'm not knocking rappers , but there 's no reason children have to hear four-letter words on the radio . ’ |
| 26 | BCE Inc says it is ready to invest about $1,600m in telecommunications activities over the next five years in Asia , Latin America and Eastern Europe , and is interested in wireline privatisations , investment in wireless cellular licenses and joint ventures in both in different countries in those regions ; it has active negotiations with Mexico , India and Moscow for cellular licence investments , and is Cable & Wireless Plc 's partner in Mercury Communications Ltd ; BCE president L R Wilson also criticised Canada 's ‘ uncertain and confused ’ telecommunications regulatory framework , describing it as BCE 's biggest challenge , and calling for change ; at the annual meeting , he hit out at the policies of the Canadian Radio television & Telecommunications Commission , saying it is too slow in considering new products , services and rates — ‘ To be truly competitive , we need government policy and a regulatory framework which is clear , responsive and internationally relevant , ’ he said . |
| 27 | NEW MEASURE : Chief Superintendent David baker , who hit out at thugs behind the street violence that spoiled the recent carnival warm-up and ( inset ) carnival organiser Tex Flint |
| 28 | Rodger Pannone , elected today as Law Society President , admitted that the legal system too often fails the public and hit out at critics who blame lawyers for defects in the system . |
| 29 | When she found him he screamed and hit out at her . |
| 30 | Mr Hume was commenting after fellow SDLP MP Joe Hendron hit out at Mr Adams ' refusal to condemn yesterday Grand Opera House bombing by the IRA — and warned that the talks could not continue indefinitely . |