1. Firebug picked up his bong and took a hit.

2. We had taken a hit on the fuel tank.

3. As Lambert watched, one SE5a took a hit from a shell and fell sideways.

4. Their 1987 balance sheets took a hit because of defaults, but have bounced back nicely in 1988.

5. When they do, sales activity will take a hit.

6. The profitability of a product should never take a hit.

7. Even if your career didn't take a hit, the tumult of the last few months may have you quaking in your boots over the future.

8. Second, creditors need to take a hit, and debtors adjust.

9. Official creditors (including the ECB) might take a hit, making it even more difficult for them to participate in other bailouts.

10. The less experienced, needing more stations[/take a hit.html], often take a hit - or - miss scattergun approach.

11. The response time can take a hit if the application doesn't have adequate scalability features.

12. Not only would China's regional trade partners take a hit, but so would commodity exporters such as Australia and Indonesia.

13. So, forcing the creditors to take a hit will transfer the crisis from the public sector of the peripheral countries to the financial sectors of the core ones.

14. If he gets too focused on not liking the way he looks, a guy's self-esteem can take a hit and his confidence can slide.

15. Some of the bigger creditors, such as Goldman Sachs, would take a hit.

16. Other parts of Google's business in China also look set to take a hit.

17. But if China slows down sharply, the rand could take a hit, too.