Example sentences of "[noun sg] hit [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith has been dismissed as ‘ presence of mind Smith ’ from his alleged remark on returning without his companion from a disastrous outing on the river : ‘ If I had not with great presence of mind hit him on the head with a boathook both would have been drowned , ’ but the story comes from Reminiscences of Oxford ( 1st edn. 1900 ) by William Tuckwell , who in his second edition ( 1907 ) consigned it to oblivion ; moreover , there was no charge of murder . |
| 2 | Her arm caught in the mesh and her fist hit him on the side of the head . |
| 3 | daddy hit you on the nut did he ? |
| 4 | A head collar was eventually put on her in the chute , and when she threw her head up in anxiety a roustabout hit her on the face with a lump of wood ‘ for being so stupid ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I shut my eyes , the ball hit me on the nose , and when I opened them it was in the back of the net ’ . |
| 6 | Bowers said : ‘ The ball hit me on the head — I did n't handle it . |
| 7 | The beadle hit him on the back , and so naturally Oliver cried even more . |