Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] he across [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside , the sun lashed him across the forehead with a warning of another headache to come , and he wished he had n't had a drink with lunch at paderborn . |
| 2 | The rain struck him across the face like a whiplash as he fought to keep the bike upright and driving for the protection of the leeward bank . |
| 3 | All hint of smile vanishing , the giant cuffed him across the side of the head — only lightly so , yet Lexandro 's teeth rattled and the iron chair rocked . |
| 4 | As he tried in vain to jerk his head away to one side , shouting in fear , the taut rope caught him across the throat , cutting off the sound of his voice and throwing him backwards off his horse . |
| 5 | Gallagher struggled ; a man cuffed him across the mouth as one would a bucking horse . |
| 6 | A SECURITY guard cheated death when a thug slashed him across the neck with a Stanley knife . |
| 7 | There was a vicious crack like a pistol-shot and the lash struck him across the back , splitting open the shirt , tearing the skin . |
| 8 | The carpenter looked at him , then at Benedicta and , throwing back his head , laughed hysterically until the porter struck him across the face . |
| 9 | A former inmate at Gloucester jail has been telling a jury how a senior prison officer beat him across the back . |
| 10 | He reached for Freddy , and with what seemed no more than a flick of his wrist pitched him across the foyer . |