Example sentences of "be hit over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They did n't want to be hit over the head like that , he concluded with his characteristic weary shrug .
2 You might think the only safe course is straightforward , sound , economic government and you might wonder therefore why so rarely in recent years Governments have practised it , except when they have been hit over the head by external forces and events that they could n't resist .
3 Despite being hit over the head , he clung to the gun and the raiders fled empty-handed .
4 There was a struggle and Mr Cotterell was hit over the back of the head .
5 When she was hit over the head with a brick and put off work for four months , she came back for more .
6 He was hit over the head and broke an ankle but disarmed the 6ft raider and sent him packing .
7 A Chelmsford motorist was hit over the head with a golf club , during an altercation at a hamburger stall on the A12 near to the town .
8 A Chelmsford motorist was hit over the head during the incident at a burger bar on the A12 .
9 ‘ I was hit over the head . ’
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