1.   He just happened to be in south Florida when Howard was hitting shore from a league-sponsored cruise.

2.   Not when it comes to the first two high-tech hybrids to hit American shores.

3.   Once the freeway hits the shore, the road becomes Pacific Coast Highway, with miles of beaches on the left.

4.   Since hedgehogs have already hit the shores, the issue is somewhat academic.

5.   Then the Beatles hit these shores, and the teen idols immediately became young has-beens.

6.   When the Europeans first hit the shores of America, they found mounds of oyster shells, discards from the Native Americans, who generally cooked their oysters.

7.   Without once discussing the calls for his censure or impeachment, he laid out for the first time a strategy to quell the trouble before it hits American shores.

8.   Besides the fishermenwho are irked that the slick was not dealt with earlier, experts have also questioned the decision to allow the slick to hit the shore.

9.   Instead the department would wait for it to hit the shore, he had said.

10.   The appetite for American movies is slowly built up through magazine write-ups and various promo programmes on TV before they hit our shores.