Sentence examples for be fired upon from inspiring English sources
American forces continued to be fired upon today in Mosul.
The helicopter pilots reported that insurgents "engaged with SAF [surface-to-air fire]"and that "INTEL suggested they were going to be fired upon again during their extraction".
The deputies, believing they were about to be fired upon again, fired back just as Mr. Marti raised the shotgun to his chin and fired.
The day before the march was to be held, the militia launched the heaviest fighting in two months, killing 22 people, and the march was cancelled, for fear that it would be fired upon.
But officials said that Mr. Bush's declaration would have no effect on the rules of engagement for American soldiers operating on the ground in Iraq, where troops continue to be fired upon.
The agency normally deals with as much as half of Gaza's population of 1.5 million, and it is eager to make clear that its workers are neutral and not to be fired upon.
"But when our forces are fired upon, as they are routinely, then they have no option but to return fire".
A night patrol is fired upon.
"He could have been fired upon.
Mosques have been fired upon.
