Sir Robert coughed into his hand and then turned to me.

"Guess I should get these set," he said, then coughed into one hand.

The engine coughed into life and the van moved off.

Two minutes later, with a new cap in place, the engine coughed into life.

He raised a fist to his mouth and coughed into it.

It took four good pulls before the engine coughed into life.

But this morning, surprisingly, the engine coughed into life after six turns.

As he turned the key in the ignition and his engine tried to cough itself into life, the radio called him.

He fell silent, and someone coughed into a fist behind him.

Whittock said in court that "you do not cough into someone's face".