Sentence examples for received a pie from inspiring English sources

If he hadn't, he would have received a pie in the face.

He became an iconic figure — dark glasses, smoke rising — and, in 1985, he received a pie in the face from a disgruntled — or perhaps admiring — fan.

My successor as C.E.O. in the late 1990's received a pie in the face from a protester at a similar forum.

Grace compared Brad Pitt's headline-making red carpet encounter with Hollywood prankster Vitalii Sediuk to the 1977 incident in which singer Anita Bryant received a pie in her face during a press conference.

Mr Cameron received a pie-making lesson from apprentices.

The pair were given a tour of the brewery and received a pie-making lesson from apprentices before tasting stout.

When the ceremony went ahead, the presenter received a custard pie in the face from a protester.

When Helm had his birthday in January, he received a cream pie in the face from Draper, who has also been known to tape teammates' sticks together or hide them.

In recent years, some of the world's most powerful leaders, including the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates, have received a custard pie in the face while on visits to the country.

While trying to rationalize her prejudices at a press conference in 1977, she received a substantial pie to the face from a gay-rights campaigner.

While trying to rationalise her prejudices at a press conference in 1977, she received a substantial pie to the face from a gay rights campaigner.