Example sentences of "[pos pn] head was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed also that the monastic community at Canterbury with a primatial archbishop at its head was the source of order throughout the whole huge area of the archbishop 's primatial authority ; he thought too that this was part of an unchanging order of things , which should not be made the subject of political bargaining either with the pope or the king . |
| 2 | Each department of the shop , millinery , haberdashery , coats , children 's clothes , and so on , had its own assistant behind the counter , and above his head was the contraption consisting of springs and wires by means of which , by pulling down a handle , he could send money and the bill in a cylindrical metal container hurtling at speed towards the cashier . |
| 3 | In his head was the account number at the Credit Bank of Zurich . |
| 4 | On his head was the horned-moon helm of Saphery and he swiftly took up position between the queen and the Keeper of Secrets . |
| 5 | The agony of that sound in his head was the same as he and Pearce had experienced in the basement . |