Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] over [pos pn] head " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the second word he looked gormless and drew a circle over his head . |
| 2 | He says : ‘ There are times when the enormity of the challenge makes you want to pull a blanket over your head . |
| 3 | We try to tackle the problem at all ends — to prevent young people ending up on the streets , to provide a roof over their heads , and to search for long-term solutions . |
| 4 | He can flick a football over his head with perfect control , pick up a guitar and find a tune . |
| 5 | If you 're not beautiful in our image , then put a bucket over your head , or hide at home if you 're too fat ; we do n't want to see you . |
| 6 | His mother Kathleen told an industrial tribunal : ‘ The postmen put a sack over his head and threatened to post him to Hull . |
| 7 | They put a duvet over my head and I could n't hear anymore after that |
| 8 | Two men put a hood over his head , bound his hands and threatened to shoot him . |
| 9 | Someone threw a beer bottle at me , and hit a guy who was behind me about to pour a pint over my head . |
| 10 | Like most British national trails , many continental distance routes assume that walkers are travelling light and seeking a roof over their heads each night . |
| 11 | Well in one they 've got a roof over their head and in the other they have n't , I would 've thought that was a rather major difference . |
| 12 | Like someone pulling a blanket over his head and defying nature to do its worst , he sank and pushed himself down as far as he could go . |
| 13 | ‘ Then you 'd better throw a blanket over your head , ’ he said quietly . |
| 14 | Owen had closed in behind him and flung a cloak over his head and shoulders , and twisted the skirts of it tight round his body and arms . |
| 15 | Who tried to hide during the 1984–85 miners ' strike by wearing a bag over his head ? |
| 16 | He ran to the open door to catch up with her when , suddenly , a man wearing a hood over his head pushed past him and nearly knocked him over . |
| 17 | Oh , I do n't matter — I 'm nothing , nobody , just the bloody fool who keeps a roof over your head — but I 'd have thought you 'd have the decency not to drag Tom into it … . ’ |
| 18 | It should be housing designed to meet a social need , directed towards those with no other means , no other option of getting a roof over their head . |
| 19 | ‘ Jerry here will snore his afternoon beer-snore , so I am jus ’ gon na have to put a pillow over my head and pray to God the roof stays on for another winter . ’ |
| 20 | To trap the aromatic steam more efficiently , drape a towel over your head and the bowl to make a tent . |
| 21 | Drape a towel over your head to trap the steam . |
| 22 | ‘ She 'll have a roof over her head as long as I 'm above ground , ’ he responded aggressively . |
| 23 | The Lord is my Warden ; I shall have a roof over my head . |
| 24 | It 's very difficult now with all the other cutbacks , I just do n't know how I 'm going to manage and whether or not I 'll have a roof over my head by the end of the year or what will be happening . |
| 25 | Whereas if you and I did n't have a roof over our head |
| 26 | " He did n't even have a roof over his head . " |
| 27 | Now Anne Henderson is going to court to try to keep a roof over her head . |
| 28 | Since nineteen eighty two when they took away the related earnings from the unemployment benefit they have introduced a further nine retrograde steps to the plight of the unemployed and now the proposals as has already been pointed out they now have a look , because there 's a fifty billion pound shortfall at how they can best tackle the sick and make them pay , as well as people who are struggling to keep a roof over their head . |
| 29 | The fact is I did take it out once or twice , determined to do something with it , but other things , like earning enough to keep a roof over our heads and send the children to decent schools , always seemed to intervene . |
| 30 | I had run to my room , my bed , pulled a pillow over my head . |