Object

• messenger: Please don't shoot the messenger - we're only passing on our visitors ' advice!

Noun used with modifier

• photo: The four-day photo shoot lined up for October has been planned out this week.

Possessives

• em: Shoot those evil rats in this great side-scrolling shoot ' em up.

Subject

• marksman: Delicious Venison Our wild venison is shot by expert marksmen ( and women ) in Somerset and Hampshire.

• gunman: This was most timely when just last week eight people were shot by gunmen with automatic weapons outside a South London nightspot.

Preposition: by

• marksman: Humane trapping, shooting by a competent marksman ), to be humane and which do not require the use of a hound pack.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• through: Infectious, ridiculously danceable and shot through with sparkling sequins shimmering in the cities ' moonlit glow.

Adjective complement

• dead: The boy was shot dead by a security officer who had no charges brought against him.

Preposition: at

• dawn: He was shot at dawn on September 20, 1917. he had just turned 17.

Present participle complement

• peen: In particular, shot peening has developed into a sophisticated process, with automation, computerized control, and highly reproducible properties.

Preposition: for

• cowardice: He is calling for a pardon for those men who were shot for cowardice, for desertion, for being shell-shocked.

Preposition: by

• sniper: During the day, Cyril was shot by a German sniper, the only member of the Battalion to be killed that day.

• gunman: This was most timely when just last week eight people were shot by gunmen with automatic weapons outside a South London nightspot.