Example sentences of "of blood to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What lost us the match was a rush of blood to the head when they had the man sent off . |
| 2 | ‘ Next time we see Mr Scrape we 'll tell him , ’ I promised , with a rush of blood to the head . |
| 3 | So before you get a rush of blood to the head , keep your hands in your pockets , read these pages , and see how to get more fun for your money . |
| 4 | A good flow of blood to the head is vital for optimum brain function . |
| 5 | Hot head and cold extremities ; rush of blood to the head . |
| 6 | Whatever you do , do n't press both sides of the neck at the same time : you could diminish the flow of blood to the head , or even cut it off . |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes , to give a clear beat destroys the sweep of emotion , ’ He shows reluctance , as yet , to balance the rush of blood to the head with the tempering of bows hitting string , but Wigglesworth , as maestro , is no myth . |
| 8 | The fatal injury was a blow to the head , not a very heavy blow but the deceased had taken a substantial amount of alcohol in the hours before he suffered the injury , and the effect of alcohol is to increase the flow of blood to the brain so that , et cetera , et cetera , et cetera . |
| 9 | Er , for example , we 're talking about a heart attack damage to heart muscle , we 're talking about strokes where there 's a loss fl , bl , sorry , the flow of blood to the brain , erm , we 're talking about cancer , we 're talking about an abnormal growth of cells , but not all cancers are covered , a skin cancer which is n't life threatening , is n't covered , erm , as a result of perhaps too much sunbathing etcetera , whereas a melanoma , a cancer that comes into er , a great lump on the skin which can be life-threatening , obviously is . |
| 10 | so you felt that and that pulse point there if you press on it hard enough you can actually stop the one in the wrist and of course that is controlling the flow of blood to the rest of the arm and you leave a pressure point closed off like that for no more than ten minutes , because if you left it on for too long that it means not sufficient blood 's getting to the rest of the , the limbs and the limb must have its blood supply , so you leave the pressure on for ten minutes and then release it , say for ten seconds just so say that the hand comes back pinkish again and if it 's not slowing down , back on with the pressure again for another ten minutes and that 's how you use it , tap off , ten minutes at the most , tap on for a little while , if it 's leaked again reapply , ten minutes at the most , tap on again , okay and that 's how you 'll control it , so if you do have a sit a situation where the bleeding was bad cos you 've got a , a limb severed , you could n't perhaps put sufficient direct pressure over that limb , this done , right , to control the bleeding then you could use indirect pressure , here , breaking or here , right in the , no playing now please , no trying to find this one right now , do this one tonight , in bed and the old lady said now what are you doing to me , never you mind , go to sleep |
| 11 | Interestingly , there is a single ‘ command ’ neurone which can cause an increased supply of blood to the body , by stimulating the two accelerating neurones , and inhibiting the neurones which slow down the heart , and also those that constrict the blood-vessels . |
| 12 | A substance , histamine , is produced by injured cells ; it causes capillaries in the area to dilate thus bringing greatly increased amounts of blood to the site of injury . |