Sentence examples for were shot away from inspiring English sources

Pattle's rudder controls were shot away, so he climbed to 400 ft and bailed out.

At one stage, Pompée's colours were shot away, leading to French claims that the ship had surrendered, although they were quickly replaced.

Bellerophons main and mizzenmasts were shot away at 1 pm, and at 1 11 pm, Captain Cooke was hit and killed.

As the French tended to aim for the rigging, at one point Constellations foresails were shot away and the frigate lost her maneuverability until they could be replaced.

On Hannibal the situation seemed hopeless: as casualties mounted, the main and mizen masts were shot away and the ship remained firmly and irretrievably grounded.

Was there a special list of politicians to be on Maidan when we were shot?" Away from "Heroes Alley," a massive stage was set up in preparation for a concert later in the evening.

Meserve, Clark, and Manuel, together with members of the other squads, were shooting away at the solitary V.C., who was behind an aperture that measured perhaps six inches wide and a couple of inches high.

It too suffered when its cocaine mob, led by Pablo Escobar, was shot away—literally in 1993.

Putnam's guts had been shot away and nothing could be done but to give him morphine.

His rifle was shot away from him and he was wounded by enemy grenades, but he dispatched five Communist emplacements by tossing grenades at them.

The injured guy was on the verge of passing out and couldn't move his face or say anything because his cheek had been shot away, and his airways were blocked.