Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [prep] [pos pn] head [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And they had a strap and they used to carry all the weight on their foreheads and on , and through their necks , and they used to climb , we went up to seventeen and a half thousand feet , and they climbed up with all these bags and they cooked for us and they got river water for us and sometimes they had to walk a kilometre to the river to go and get the water and then carry it back again er with the band around their heads and so initially it seemed quite difficult to accept them doing this for you , but for them it was a job and erm it was probably the only sort of job that they could get . |
| 32 | But she lifted the grenade above her head and took aim . |
| 33 | The raging young lad raised the chopper above his head and brought it down with tremendous force . |
| 34 | A strong wind chased the rain over their heads and away as they approached , and the trees tossing beside the walls made the outline of the huge house appear to tremble , as if it might roll over and crush all the homes of the people who depended on it . |
| 35 | She pulled the towel over her head and had another weep — a good one this time to get it out of her system . |
| 36 | Get a friend to measure the distance between your head and the wall and add about an inch to the measurement . |
| 37 | He tried to clear the phantoms from his head and grasp reality . |
| 38 | There she was lying on the floor with Bonfire of the Vanities under her head and me giving her a gentle kneading — spelt with a ‘ k ’ dear — and we were getting quite absorbed when all of a sudden the door flew open and in he came . |
| 39 | Closely marked , he suddenly hooked the ball over his head and ran free to slip the ball between Paul Sansome 's legs . |
| 40 | Rising from the toilet , she pulls the nightdress over her head and steps into the bath , not first pulling the chain of the toilet because that would affect the temperature of the water coming through the showerhead on the end of its flexible tube , with which she now hoses herself down . |
| 41 | When David overcame the Ammonites , we are told ‘ he took the crown of the king off his head and found it to weigh a talent of gold and there were priceless stones in it ; and it was set on David 's head ’ . |
| 42 | But Marc turned and , to Sarella 's embarrassment , instead of moving away , placed one hand possessively on the wall beside her head and leaned there , with a smiling glance over his shoulder at his younger brother . |
| 43 | A man , smelling strongly of spirits put a hand on the wall behind her head and leaned over her . |
| 44 | Police said she had suffered a terrible blow to the back of her head but was still alive when she was tossed into the water . |
| 45 | She had drawn her fair hair high into an elaborate plait down the back of her head and fastened it at the bottom with a wide tortoiseshell clasp : it looked distinguished and competent , but nowhere near cuddly . |
| 46 | Carrie stood behind the counter of the dining rooms with her fair hair pulled up at the back of her head and held in place with a pair of large bone combs . |
| 47 | With a few deft strokes of the brush , Katherine gathered up Portia 's fine sandy hair into a loop at the back of her head and let its length trail her shoulders . |
| 48 | For a girl with plaits , push two pieces of a cocktail stick into the back of her head and pipe over these . |
| 49 | And you know the bit where erm she 's in bed and the hand comes out from behind the pillow and it goes over the back of her head and she goes , she goes , she was so cute she goes , she goes , what a pile of shit ! and when , you know when she cleans up all the cornflakes ? |
| 50 | Kate felt the eyes of the desk sergeant boring into the back of her head as she signed the papers for her daughter 's release . |
| 51 | Square Face : Wear a headpiece that sits on the back of your head and opt for an understated veil style , although your face shape will carry a long veil beautifully . |
| 52 | I know I mean I know what I think in the back of my head but I mean I just prefer not to predict , I do n't want to say it does n't matter about thinking I know it 's a bit weird in you know . |
| 53 | She turns away to bustle domestically with mugs and kettle , pausing only to warn : ‘ Do n't try anything cute , sisters ; I do n't have eyes in the back of my head because I do n't need them . ’ |
| 54 | Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor . |
| 55 | But I could only feel the sun on the back of my head and a sad , frightened sensation , as if something inside me was crying . |
| 56 | the pains in the back of me head and down me shoulders |
| 57 | In sudden abandon she allowed her arms to creep up round his neck , her fingers to sink into the short hair at the back of his head while at the same time parting her lips and welcoming the exciting exploration of his tongue . |
| 58 | He lay on the grass , a large open wound on the back of his head and one of his legs was missing . |
| 59 | If he were to lie flat , associated reactions might be stimulated by the pressure of the couch against the back of his head and upper back . |
| 60 | The Feldwebel bounced up and down with laughter so that his hat fell off the back of his head and even the officer allowed himself a smile . |