Example sentences of "before [pos pn] head " in BNC.
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| 1 | I clambered into the trench and was asleep before my head hit the ground . |
| 2 | She barely had time to assimilate the sudden rapid rise and fall of his chest before her head was wrenched back with a less than gentle hand and her mouth was captured by his . |
| 3 | But her heart , her poor , long-neglected heart , had answered yes , before her head had even begun to calculate all the reasons she absolutely could not and should not give herself over to this madness . |
| 4 | I say yes and he keels over , being asleep before his head reaches the floor , his shoulders and arms still out of the bag . |
| 5 | He made a mistake of two percentage points in a price for steering-boxes for British Leyland before his head cleared . |
| 6 | ‘ I have lately become very aware of the spiritual side of life , ’ Brian tells the NME just before his head explodes trying to make a follow-up . |
| 7 | ‘ I helped him into bed , and he was half asleep before his head touched the pillow . ’ |
| 8 | Charles had time to register that she looked like a dinky toilet-roll cover before his head caught up with him . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought you 'd never ask , ’ she whispered , and in the gathering darkness she heard a ragged sigh just before his head came down and blocked out the stars . |