Example sentences of "[v-ing] her head " in BNC.
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| 31 | Tossing her head , Polly clicked her tongue . |
| 32 | She began to struggle , tossing her head wildly from side to side in an effort to avoid his marauding lips . |
| 33 | ‘ You 're your own master , ’ said Aelis tossing her head , and brought him the end of a loaf , and cheese , and milk to drink , and watched him sidelong , not without satisfaction , as he devoured his meal . |
| 34 | Averting her head , she bent down quickly and finished stuffing some sheets of paper and pencils into a plastic bag . |
| 35 | ‘ Better for everyone if I went ‘ way , ’ she mumbled , hanging her head . |
| 36 | Nor hanging her head with shame . " |
| 37 | Christopher 's outstretched right hand was running slowly through her hair , touching her head at the roots and pulling the hair outwards so that it fell back like a fan . |
| 38 | Hari moved into them , resting her head wearily against the roughness of his shirt . |
| 39 | She was resting her head on his shoulder . |
| 40 | Drawing the car to a halt by a grass verge , she slumped dejectedly over the wheel , resting her head on her hands . |
| 41 | She breathed deeply , resting her head against his shoulder , exhausted by the anguish of the dream , the battle with Luke , screwing her eyes shut against the still vivid pictures in her mind . |
| 42 | Depressed , she leaned back in her seat , resting her head against the headrest while staring unseeingly at the hills and at the Esk River winding its way through the valley . |
| 43 | She had sat on the seat cover , resting her head on the porcelain of the washbasin , licking dry lips and bringing her breathing down . |
| 44 | Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail , she fought down the momentary surge of panic . |
| 45 | Fran picked up her glass and took a sip of the wine before resting her head back against the cushion . |
| 46 | She sighed , resting her head on his broad chest . |
| 47 | Kathleen turned on her side and snuggled closer , resting her head on his shoulder . |
| 48 | She remained still and unmoving for a few moments , allowing her head to settle , listening to the muffled noises from the house , the only recognizable sound the squeal of laughter from her daughter 's room further down the hall . |
| 49 | She breaks through it by using her head like a pneumatic drill , pressing her hard sharp jaws on to the soil and vibrating it by trembling her wing muscles . |
| 50 | The question circling her head as she 'd climbed aboard the BA 747 that morning was why on earth had she let herself be talked into this ? |
| 51 | ‘ Anyone home ? ’ she called out , sticking her head inside the door . |
| 52 | But mostly she just sits up there like a spider , sticking her head out of the window to insult the passers-by . |
| 53 | Sticking her head out of the door , she summoned a nurse and got her to take the young man 's parents back to the interview-room and give them a cup of tea . |
| 54 | She 'd had enough of the pettiness of living with parents and the irrelevance of school was smothering her head . |
| 55 | Bewey , Joan 's first dog , once belonged to an old lady who cosseted her , endlessly stroking her head and ears . |
| 56 | I grasped her hair with both hands , binding her head against my loins while I came in her mouth , loudly and at some length . |
| 57 | " Finally , " she said , bringing her head up , shaking her head not in negation but a sort of defiance , so that the tangled black hair bobbed once . |
| 58 | She filled the basin in the downstairs bathroom and bowing her head plunged the heavy dark mass into the hot water . |
| 59 | Then , unexpectedly , she knelt , bowing her head until it touched her knees . |
| 60 | Theodora wound her way down the long narrow garden , bowing her head under the arching tendrils of the old roses , edging past the organic asparagus bed and avoiding the hazard of the flight paths of bees intent on making for their two hives . |