Example sentences of "his head [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only wished he could grow taller and tougher and learn not to twitch and stammer with nervousness , that he could stop biting his nails and scratching his head so that his father would no longer hate him . |
| 2 | Jazz shook his head so that the hair fell down over his face like a curtain and sat looking like something that had escaped from the zoo , still heaving from his exertions . |
| 3 | The shelter curved well above his head so that they could both stand quite comfortably inside . |
| 4 | Artemis threw the reins at his head so that nothing would check him . |
| 5 | This was a sinister development ; the horse straightened his head so that he could see better , and cocked an ear at the man . |
| 6 | He turned his head so that when he opened his eyes he could be facing into the clearing . |
| 7 | His hair , similarly , has collapsed onto his head so that at first — I see him at the end of a corridor — he appears to be completely bald . |
| 8 | And he bent his head so that his mouth was hidden in the folds of my skirt , and said so softly that I could hardly hear it , but I felt it more than heard it , through the red material , murmured against my leg : " I love you . " |
| 9 | He drew back his head so that he might look into her eyes , misty with unshed tears . |