The second shot struck him just to the right of his left shoulder blade.

The shot struck the ground, doing no one any harm.

But the words had hardly passed his lips when the shot struck him.

One shot did strike the car, but caused no great damage.

A second shot struck the foot of his long chair.

Another shot struck him and he tumbled to the ground.

The shot struck him where his nose had been just an instant before.

A shot in the dark but it had struck a target.

The shot would otherwise have struck him in the head.

The first shot had struck the doors a few feet above the level of the steps.