Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of my head " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt the corporeal elephant on whose back my world was supported amble effortlessly along , rather that it being necessary for me to lean out from the howdah of my head and goad him . |
| 2 | In the light of my head torch I could see that Nat was grey-faced with fatigue , his eyelids drooping , his mouth surrounded by frost that he had not had the strength to wipe away . |
| 3 | The rocker switch on the side of my head clicked … work off , weekend on … stress off , mellow on … and sea air crackled static through my stale brain . |
| 4 | In the morning there is a centimetre of ice on the tent pole to the side of my head , probably from my breath while I slept . |
| 5 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |
| 6 | My social security number was written on the side of my head . |
| 7 | An open palm , as big and fattily solid as a Bradenham ham , smote the side of my head with horrific force . |
| 8 | I felt the side of my head where it had hit the bus shelter ; a bruise was forming and my eye felt sore . |
| 9 | ‘ Aye — clapping against the side of my head , I 've no doubt ! ’ |
| 10 | When I was with the cattle I always wore my the cap on the side of my head . |
| 11 | The horse shied a little and the butt cleaved into the side of my head , almost taking my ear off . |
| 12 | by the side of my head and she landed up , sort of like this on the floor but sh , apparently she did n't quite get that right ! |
| 13 | He , in turn , addressed a spot two feet to the right of my head . |
| 14 | has taken the place of my head , |
| 15 | Letting the water buoy up my weight I stretched my feet down to touch bottom and found the water came up to my ears ; took a deep breath , put the rest of my head under and reached around for Harry , unable to see him , unable with open eyes to see anything at all . |
| 16 | Marie strokes the back of my head , but it just makes it worse . |
| 17 | Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor . |
| 18 | THERE was one point when the hair on the back of my head began to lift . |
| 19 | Increasingly as I examined the implications of primate studies for ourselves and tried to see some convincing link between baboons and men a voice began muttering in the back of my head ‘ Hey — that 's not it at all . ’ |
| 20 | I completed my 100 metre strides after they 'd gone , my heels flicking up the divots on to the back of my head . |
| 21 | I used to tap dance , high kick , do splits , pull my legs up at the back of my head . |
| 22 | I walk up to the spot where a rabbit is entangled , I get down on one knee and lift the top line of the net over the back of my head . |
| 23 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 24 | A tiny alarm bell rang at the back of my head : could this be the classic distraction trick that comes just before a robbery ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | * But unfortunately , when you work in the health service , when you hear the government , when you hear groups saying there are new initiatives to get West Belfast to work , to get the unemployed people into jobs , sometimes it makes the hairs on the back of my head stand . |
| 27 | I 've got a spot on the back of my head ! |
| 28 | Not the spot on the back of my head ! |
| 29 | I 've lived with it ever since , had it at the back of my head ever since . |
| 30 | When I kissed the dark mole , she laughed again and held the back of my head , tight so I could n't breathe . |