Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pos pn] head [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bumped my head on the door moving your mattress through the laundry , ’ said Tom . |
| 2 | I jerked my head towards the stairs , having already clocked the sign saying Intensive Care 4th Floor , and Les Girls followed me without breaking step . |
| 3 | I jerked my head in the direction of the mountain above us . |
| 4 | One evening as I was nearing Farr 's entrance , I was running , tripped , with the result that I banged my head on the pavement . |
| 5 | I catch his head on the tilt , and he rights it without shame , showing only a flicker of annoyance at not catching a snippet of a sight . |
| 6 | I put my head under the blanket , but it was no use . |
| 7 | I put my head under the tap and let the cool water run over me . |
| 8 | I put my head round the corner : ‘ What if a horse came and broke his leg on the ice ? ’ |
| 9 | I shake my head at the Amiga screen . |
| 10 | I rested my head on the glass , and up went a pigeon . |
| 11 | At once I turned my head to the source of the light . |
| 12 | Once we 'd established that nothing had been left behind Emily went off to catch a bus and I decided that no one would mind if I popped my head round the doors of the suite of rooms which George had occupied . |
| 13 | I raised my head from the desk and groped with unresponding fingers for the receiver . |
| 14 | ‘ I hit my head on the kerb when I fell and when I went to hospital two days later they told me I had severe bruising of the brain , ’ said Walter after his Kempton win on Mithl Al Hawa . |
| 15 | He says I hit my head on the ashtray . |
| 16 | Can I cut your head off the next time ? |
| 17 | Can I cut your head off the next time ? |
| 18 | I thought I saw his head at the window . |
| 19 | OLIVER said that , for instance , the phrase someone put their head round the door sounded as if there were two bodies and one head , like in some frightful Russian scientific experiment . |
| 20 | When I stick my head round the door and tell Rachel I have to go out again , she sits down on the bed without a word . |
| 21 | I struck my head on the moving machinery and hurt my back . |
| 22 | I rest my head against the bars and gaze through them as into a cage . |
| 23 | I pushed my head over the parapet . |
| 24 | The Minister of Fun was likened to an ostrich which buried its head in the sand ‘ thereby exposing its thinking parts . ’ |
| 25 | Everyone shook their heads with the exception of Aggie . |
| 26 | He held a marble lighter towards her and said as she lowered her head to the flame , ‘ Filthy , is n't it ? ’ nodding towards the rain at the window . |
| 27 | But those who raise their heads above the vestibule are seldom treated with Christian charity . |
| 28 | She stuffed her head into the pillow in pained anger . |
| 29 | The nurse came to the bed to fix it and as she bent her head down the woman threw her left hand round the warm brown neck and pulled it to her . |
| 30 | Charlotte said nothing , but her face lit up with pleasure and she bent her head over the baby so as not to show it . |