Example sentences of "[subord] [pos pn] [noun sg] hit the " in BNC.

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1 He found the harness release , unlocked it and remembers falling until his head hit the canopy .
2 I clambered into the trench and was asleep before my head hit the ground .
3 After their feud hit the headlines , Broccolli ceased conducting the secret auditions and made Moore an offer he could n't refuse to play Bond several more times .
4 He was dead before his body hit the floor .
5 I found that the edge of my left hand was cramped up when I attempted to negotiate the upper frets and any urgency in so doing was rewarded by a considerable jolt as my hand hit the buffers , so to speak .
6 Betty was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow .
7 He swung the bike downriver as her weight hit the pillion .
8 There was a thump as his shopping hit the floor .
9 He then fainted and there was a loud bang as his head hit the floor .
10 Within a minute of coming on , substitute Tony O'Donovan put Didcot right back in to the game and then Paul Spittle was so unlucky not to level the scores as his shot hit the post .
11 ‘ Ow ! ’ cried Zach as his knee hit the step ladder .
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