Example sentences of "[pos pn] head [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not have turned my head nor moved my hands from where they hung on the straps of the rucksack . |
| 2 | Instead it switched a light on inside my head that enabled me to see things , which at the time , were away beyond my full understanding . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've got things in my head that came from nowhere , ’ he said , ‘ things that do n't make sense to me . |
| 4 | Such games are usually very playable but BTTF is so poorly executed , I 'd rather have Corky stand on my head than play this drivel again . |
| 5 | But I kept my head and thought ‘ I have to reach the door for my children ’ . ’ |
| 6 | She says , ‘ Anything to do with knitting seems to go in my head and stay , buy anything to do with cooking and cleaning goes straight through and out the other side ! ’ |
| 7 | I screamed and pulled with all my might , shaking my hands and my head and throwing myself backwards and over as I did so , banging one knee off the gun where it lay , fallen in the sand . |
| 8 | ‘ Like they 're inside my head and telling me what to do . |
| 9 | I turned my head and saw a huge cat , three times larger than one of our cows . |
| 10 | I really liked it , the way she moved my head and brushed her fingers through my hair . |
| 11 | I shook my head and shrugged my shoulders at her , trying not to look into the child 's large eyes filling with tears as he gazed petulantly at me , his underlip thrust out . |
| 12 | I shook my head and lowered my eyes . |
| 13 | ‘ Brrr , ’ I said , shaking my head and pretending to myself that I had dogs jowls . |
| 14 | I shook my head and trudged up the stairs . |
| 15 | There was dirt underneath my fingernails and my hangover was worse than normal , as the result of weeks of drinking throbbed through my head and churned my stomach . |
| 16 | I wish there was a abetter metaphor , but like Pink Floyd we could have made music about what was really going on in my head and messed around with what being a pop star was all about . ’ |
| 17 | And he 's he 's turned over this and just gon na slap one on me and I 've turned my head and gone like that and he 's fucking caught me right on the fucking lips ! |
| 18 | I shook my head and regretted not slipping a large vodka into my alcohol-free beer . |
| 19 | I used to put a mop on my head and pretend it was my hair . |
| 20 | just throw a blanket over my head and pretend I was a budgie . |
| 21 | I closed the curtains , went to bed , pulled the blanket high over my head and slept peacefully until I heard through layers of consciousness that unforgettable sound , the voice of the wind . |
| 22 | I sat up , removed the camouflage square from around my head and crawled to the entrance to the trench . |
| 23 | I covered up my head and waited for it to strike , ’ he explained yesterday . |
| 24 | I 'm not going to lose my head and try and rush out at the first chance . |
| 25 | I shake my head and pass the number to William . |
| 26 | I shook my head and asked her how she was feeling . |
| 27 | As I raised my hands above my head and let out a howl , two male People rushed into the cave . |
| 28 | I shake my head and back off . |
| 29 | I was surrounded by a crowd of shouting , gesticulating Malts , who pulled at my parachute , lifted my head and drove me so furious that I had to give up the dying idea in order to concentrate completely on kicking every Malt who came within range . |
| 30 | Only I was really upset at the time and when I think of them drilling into my head and peeling back my skull and — ’ |