He was aware of what might happen, and they hit him.

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The campaign brought 400 well-connected friends and supporters to Boston, where they hit the phones for him.

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And this man, walking, exercising, they just cut -- and hit him, and uh you know I just can't see that.

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Flintoff suddenly switched to full attack mode, and the sprinkling of spectators got some reward as they watched him hook Ntini and hit two booming drives off Steyn that raced to the boundary boards.

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After the shooting, Zimmerman told police that Martin rushed him after they exchanged words, knocked him to the ground and repeatedly hit his head against a concrete sidewalk.

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The parents of a man who died after a suspected hit-and-run say they will not be able to bury him until witnesses come forward with information.

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He forced a couple of misfields from his old friend Yuvraj - and hit him for four - as, with Ravi Bopara, they set about restoring the innings in a much more positive and effective manner than had been the case against South Africa.

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And they rallied with him as a slow-witted Southerner in the 1994 runaway hit Forrest Gump.

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"If you got any of the tennis experts around the world to go and watch Alex hit a ball for an hour, they would agree there are very few people better than him, " Annacone said.

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At the other end Bolton's defence were easily dealing with a succession of set-pieces but when Blackburn finally realised they should hit the ball deeper, Brett Emerton shot high and wide when the ball dropped to him.

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