Example sentences of "hit [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rohmer tried to hit Cardiff in the face with his other free fist , but Cardiff was expecting it . |
| 2 | In the first draft , however , the male character exploded with rage and hit Marianne across the face . |
| 3 | Compassion hit Kirov in the gut , a cold , sharp feel of twisting steel . |
| 4 | The venue only serves drinks in plastic glasses , but almost a full pint of beer hit Vega on the head . |
| 5 | The venue only serves drinks in plastic glasses , but almost a full pint of beer hit Vega on the head . |
| 6 | Then he saw a stone fall , glance off a crag and hit Corti on the head . |
| 7 | From the free-kick , Anderton 's shot squeezed through a wall which resembled a collander , hit Deane on the way through and rolled in by the near post . |
| 8 | That night he hit Wallis in the mouth . |
| 9 | Then he hit Harald in the face , looked at Carl , and laughed . |
| 10 | He hit Tanner in the stomach , a short punch to wind him , then snapped him around in a half-nelson and throat-hold . |
| 11 | A piercing bolt of blue fire hit Rohmer between the shoulder blades , flinging him across the office in a shower of sparks . |
| 12 | Then he hit Carl in the face . |
| 13 | However , given a sentence such as : James hit John at the ball |
| 14 | = Mary hit John with the pillow . |
| 15 | ( Expected answer : Because Mary hit John with the pillow ) . |
| 16 | ( Expected answer : Mary hit John with the pillow ) . |
| 17 | How an argument began , then a fight , how Leonard would have been killed had she not hit Otto over the head . |
| 18 | As soon as Maura 's schoolbag had hit Margaret in the head , they had made their escape , frightened in case Maura decided on a repeat performance on one of them ! |
| 19 | Duvall had hit Jimmy in the stomach . |
| 20 | Boro will go back to a 4–5–1 formation to try and hit Swindon on the counter attack . |
| 21 | I said you ca n't cos you keep hitting Richard in the face for nothing ! |
| 22 | This episode takes him across Western Turkey and the Mediterranean , on to Greece , and Rhodes ( where he meets astrologer Patric Walker ) before hitting Africa in the shape of Egypt and Luxor . |
| 23 | And he is convinced his side , leading 4-2 from the first leg , can hit Liverpool on the break to claim a vital away goal . |
| 24 | The opera horror that will never hit Glyndebourne from the man who was Gerty Naylor . |
| 25 | Ann 's boyfriend hits Tommy around the head with a bamboo cane spiked with nails . |
| 26 | Somebody runs out of the crowd and hits Mowat on the back of the neck . |
| 27 | Fed Cup fever will hit Nottingham during the week of 21st July , when HRH , The Princess of Wales attends the Opening Ceremony for the 28th staging of this great women 's event . |