Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] head [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not going to lose my head and try and rush out at the first chance . |
| 2 | I really liked it , the way she moved my head and brushed her fingers through my hair . |
| 3 | He stroked my head and said as he was about to go , ‘ Be a good girl Katie , you 've got a good Dad under the circumstances . ’ |
| 4 | I did one short sprint , just to shake my head as I ran and get some of the sand out of my hair , then relaxed to a trot once more . |
| 5 | He 'd changed my name and changed my head before he tired of me . |
| 6 | She went to the sink and put some cold water on a facecloth and started mopping my head and I burst into tears . |
| 7 | I have nowhere to hide my head but under this roof . |
| 8 | Luke 's hands were cradling her head and he was kissing her all over her face with an adoring tenderness she would never have dreamed was possible . |
| 9 | The bonds were too tight to allow the muscular body any movement , but the bird crossly jerked its head and opened its pointed beak to hiss at Joseph 's fingers . |
| 10 | Keeping her head and shoulders back would have improved this rider 's stickability ! |
| 11 | That night , unlike other nights , Nanny sat and stroked her head and held her hand . |
| 12 | With an expression on his face that suggested he could not fight any longer , David pulled her towards him and slowly stroked her head and back . |
| 13 | Melissa took the girl in her arms and gently stroked her head until she became calmer . |
| 14 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 15 | She bent her head and began to sob . |
| 16 | In the silence that followed , she placed her arms over her bare breasts and , pushing them up , bent her head and smelt them . |
| 17 | Katherine bent her head and the young girl kissed her check . |
| 18 | Dismissing her fears — her whole life seemed to be ruled by fears , both from within and without — she bent her head and kissed Patrick 's forehead briefly . |
| 19 | Melanie bent her head and the plaits swung over her face . |
| 20 | She bent her head and scrubbed furiously at the plates . |
| 21 | She thrust her hands into her pockets , bent her head and battled through the driving rain . |
| 22 | When she bent her head and traced the outline of a flat brown nipple with the tip of her tongue , Vitor groaned . |
| 23 | After a few minutes she bent her head and dropped a kiss lightly on his ankle , and then her hand slid up under the leg of the leathers and sensuously kneaded the firm muscle at the back of his calf . |
| 24 | Going up to Scotland no one would know her so she could travel third but coming back , if the young man travelled with her — it never even entered her head that she would n't meet one — it could be embarrassing . |
| 25 | She did not smile now but her eyelids with those amazing lashes slowly closed and Abigail gave a sigh , wriggled her body , moved her head and subsided back into deep sleep . |
| 26 | She moved her head as he crossed the room and for a moment he thought she was going to speak to him . |
| 27 | She 's wounded , too , in one leg , but she ca n't be moved down to Florence until twenty-four hours have passed because she cracked her head when she fell and there could be concussion . ’ |
| 28 | The girl had lifted her head and turned her face towards him , though he could not flatter himself that she was looking at him ; rather at the image he drew before her , that spare portrait of the departed visitant , sketched in so few lines on the firelit air . |
| 29 | He simply looked startled — as if a worm had just lifted its head and answered him back , Carrie thought . |
| 30 | As far as he could remember , she had n't replied to anything except to shake her head when he mentioned Ovaltine . |