Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been hit by " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I went through the Blackfriars underpass I felt as though I had been hit by a brick , ’ she said . |
| 2 | From that moment I knew I had been hit by something . ’ |
| 3 | This random sample will cover more than 10pc of the population of the inner city area which has been hit by a number of social and economic problems . |
| 4 | A village which has been hit by a big increase in crime has become the first in Britain to install video cameras on its roads . |
| 5 | He also criticised European support for the Airbus project during a West Coast tour which included areas hit by lay-offs announced by Boeing , which has been hit by fierce competition for sales in the world aircraft market . |
| 6 | On the one occasion when they had met in those six weeks , it had been to visit flood victims in Wales , in the town of Carmarthen , which had been hit by the freak October hurricane . |
| 7 | But there is little doubt that price cuts in M&S food halls are intended to protect sales in premier products — which have been hit by price-cutting competitors . |
| 8 | But the greatest drop of all is in the value of large limousines and executive expresses , which have been hit by a number of factors — not merely the recession . |
| 9 | ‘ You told Tyler Beck you 'd been hit by a truck . ’ |
| 10 | A second , searing stroke made her gasp for breath , as fire exploded in her backside as if she 'd been hit by a ball of lightning . |
| 11 | Er mothers who 've lost children , people who 've been hit by joyriders , who 've suffered severe head injuries . |
| 12 | Every area you look at South Africa in a report I gave to the Norwegian government which they commissioned we pointed out every area is like a major disaster area as if you 've been hit by an earthquake in every area of human activity and that situation needs something like a martial plan if we are , a martial aid plan , if we 're to address it but in the world we live in there 's no prospect of such assistance coming to Southern Africa . |
| 13 | Only Eve , who had been hit by the moving car , was seriously hurt and even Eve would be out of hospital in a week . |
| 14 | But it is still a very large sum indeed , which may be viewed with some in credulity by the millions of lower paid people who have been hit by the Government 's attitudes on , for example , child benefits . |
| 15 | In essence we 've been hit by something like a double whammy over the S S As . |
| 16 | But Mr. Dean said : ‘ Like many businesses in the leisure industry , we have been hit by the recession . |
| 17 | Apart from the Bolton Wanderers game , we have been hit by late goals . |
| 18 | TWO more British Olympic medallists told yesterday how they have been hit by dole office meanies . |
| 19 | They have been hit by sharply rising expenses without corresponding rises in income . |
| 20 | They have been hit by the present Government , under whom the tax burden has increased . |
| 21 | ‘ He has been hit by the recession like everyone else . ’ |
| 22 | Here , Pip has realised what a disaster he is and he has been hit by hard consequences as a result of his greediness . |
| 23 | ‘ They pretended that Paul was hit by a ricochet , but the evidence was clear that he 'd been hit by a direct shot . |
| 24 | Told Tyler Beck he 'd been hit by a truck . |
| 25 | He 'd been hit by a car three weeks before , and he had a broken arm and pelvis . |
| 26 | It had been hit by a passing lorry , and they joked that it would never fly again . |
| 27 | He had been hit by a new wave of depression . |
| 28 | To back the claim up one soldier was assaulted to make it appear he had been hit by the car . |
| 29 | A doctor who examined the soldier who claimed he had been hit by the car said he found a bruise measuring 10cms on his left thigh . |
| 30 | Aindow is further charged with conspiracy with others to pervert the course of justice by allowing himself to be struck in the leg in order to support a false story that he had been hit by the joyriders ' car . |