Example sentences of "head [adv prt] [coord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When it comes to business I think it is important to get your head down and deal with the accountants and lawyers , ’ she says . |
| 2 | She tipped her head up and looked at the sky , biting her lip . |
| 3 | It caught on his chin as he tilted his head up and drew in a breath of salted air . |
| 4 | ’ Alistair tipped his head back and stared at the coagulated window . |
| 5 | She tipped her head back and stared at the tumbling nymphs and satyrs that danced across it , trailing garlands of flowers . |
| 6 | He used the complete gamut of his voice , from a growl like a dog warning its master that it has a sore foot to a high , exalted monotone which he kept for perorations ; and when he was using the words of an Old Testament lament , Isaiah or Zephaniah , to make a piteous effect , he had been known to put his head back and yowl like a tom-cat . |
| 7 | After all , nothing gives a player more pleasure than being able to put his head back and run with the ball . |
| 8 | He laughs , too , putting his head back and looking at the ceiling . |
| 9 | He threw his head back and laughed like a young and boisterous man , till the drops flashed from the clustering wet tendrils of his iron-grey hair . |
| 10 | His bleary eyes filled with tears but he tilted his head back and glared at the top of the tent . |
| 11 | She threw her head back and appealed to the ceiling . |
| 12 | Within seconds of her uttering those words , 11-year-old Allibar reared its head back and collapsed to the ground with a massive coronary . |
| 13 | Throwing my head back and laughing in the man 's face was not , on reflection , the correct or polite response . |
| 14 | Sitting up on the rail , he spat down at Trent , then tilted his head back and yapped like a Pekinese . |
| 15 | Little Billy flicked his head round and stared into the everlasting gloom and doom of the forest . |