Sentence examples for we fired on from inspiring English sources

"We fired on the airport to target the so-called Democratic congressman sent by Obama," said Sheik Hussein Ali, a spokesman for the Shabab.

It was a constable named Toyaima on the wireless: "Mobile-13 – we've been fired on by an unknown armed youth – near the public toilet".

The English accent masks the drama: "We were fired on as we left".

"If we are fired on with live rounds we fire back with live rounds," said Asaf Engelstein, 20, as he stood in a gloomy tunnel of concrete blocks as a Palestinian sniper let off three or four shots at the compound.

Well, it goes like this: When we are fired on, blown up by bombs and indiscriminately attacked, our inclination is to withdraw into ourselves.

"We were not fired on from one side, but from two, probably three sides".

"We were firing on one of our three pistons, at best," Zeile said.

"We are firing on all cylinders and we've got some exciting things in the pipeline for this year".

We could have been fired on at any point.

Jacob Oubina, senior US economist at RBC Capital Markets, said: "This was a strong number and one of those rare cases where we were firing on all cylinders.

"Last year we didn't deliver on the day and Everton, rightly so, won that game, so we have to make sure that doesn't happen again and that we are firing on all cylinders".