Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cross-examined by John Griffith Williams QC , about why he did not stop for the children , he said that he was concerned not to hit them and instinctively moved away into the fast lane . |
| 2 | And it stops you having to hit them with a brick . |
| 3 | When I first realised that most of the bites were not simply ‘ line ’ bites ( and you can test this easily by casting in a baitless hook ) I tried every conventional trick in the book to hit them . |
| 4 | Used to hit them on the arm , never on the head . |
| 5 | Always used to draw my truncheon if I went into a place where I thought there was a burglar but never actually used it to hit them . |
| 6 | Does it really matter that those were early days , when the joke on campus was that the only way to kill anyone with a laser was to hit them over the head with it ? |
| 7 | In this chapter I have attempted to draw a distinction between the targets we set and our ability to hit them . |
| 8 | This has made it possible to set goals for growth , under the guidance of the Holy Spirit , and to hit them . |
| 9 | You need to know where to find your enemy 's weak spots , how to hit them effectively , and which parts of your own body to use . |
| 10 | It was travelling at high speed and the boys thought it was going to hit them , the rider was crouched over the bars obviously unaware of the boys . |
| 11 | I 'm able to hit them because they 're trying to get me . |
| 12 | At about 30 yards ' ( 27 m ) range , he began his charge , relying on speed to get him to the target before the pigs knew what was about to hit them . |
| 13 | He did n't play with the kids , he used to hit them , he 'd take it out on them more than me . |
| 14 | Thomas Buchanan had to hit them and push them to the top of the rock . |
| 15 | They used to These they used to be a round used to be round you know and not very used to hit them as you hit them with a stick you see , they used to wheel wheel round and round . |
| 16 | Dangle assorted objects from string near him , so he just has to reach forward slightly to hit them . |
| 17 | Talking of the whip I mean we 're only allowed to hit them five times over here . |
| 18 | In America they seem to hit them twenty five times |
| 19 | So any shortage of places will be likely to hit them hardest . |
| 20 | ( We inevitably got the ‘ you fancy each other ’ spiel but I ignore people like that — I would like to hit them very hard ! ) |
| 21 | You do n't even have to hit them off the ground . |
| 22 | For non-metals if you try to hit them and beat them into sheets or if you try to stretch them you get ? |
| 23 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 24 | You 're going to hit me ! ’ |
| 25 | His face goes white , then red , and he raises his fist to me as if to hit me , thinks better of it , pushes his nose in the air and his voice down to his boots . |
| 26 | He probably wants to hit me again . |
| 27 | I experienced a moment of complete terror in which my mind raced — I had been discovered after all ; it was obvious that I had a limp ; everyone could see it ; they 'd seen it all along and had chosen this moment to hit me with it , my weakest moment … |
| 28 | ‘ No , nothing , except that he was going to hit me . ’ |
| 29 | Perhaps there was someone behind me who was just about to hit me over the head . |
| 30 | His face was grey with hatred and I wondered if he was going to hit me . |