Example sentences of "with a [noun sg] [prep] [pos pn] head " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for you , I could n't care less if you walked out on to that stage with a sack over your head . ’ |
| 2 | She invented a new history for herself , one of privilege , with distant relatives living in colonies who would send her ivory totems from Nairobi , tea from Ceylon , a three-eyed , many-armed brass Devi with a moon on her head . |
| 3 | I think he 's at the bottom of a bog with a hole in his head and they 're waiting to scoop her up at the right moment . |
| 4 | One day he 'd wake up with a hole in his head , but that would n't change anything . |
| 5 | ‘ And you 're the one with a halo around his head ! ’ |
| 6 | The sight of any other teacher dripping with water and with a bucket over her head would have been an occasion for great mirth among the pupils , but absolutely nothing could diminish Miss Hardbroom 's power . |
| 7 | Gathering her wits , she hurried into the workshop and picked up a last and a half-tapped boon Returning to the kitchen , she indicated with a nod of her head that Craig sit on the stool near the fire . |
| 8 | The Egyptian vulture , finding a clutch of ostrich eggs , picks up sizeable stones in its beak and with a nod of its head , tosses them in the general direction of the nest . |
| 9 | When they reached the road which ran across the top of the village , the groom drew level and , with a nod of his head , indicated that they should take the righthand way which led to the river bridge . |
| 10 | Jonadab dismounted and trying his best not to sound too impressed , said with a nod of his head , ‘ They 're even got their own farrier . ’ |
| 11 | The Navy pilot indicated with a nod of his head . |
| 12 | Arghatun indicated Yuan with a nod of his head . |
| 13 | Yes , the fellow assured them , with a nod of his head to the far end of the hall , the Court of King 's Bench was now in session and Chief Justice Fortescue attendant upon it . |
| 14 | On the traditional visit to American aircraft carrier in the harbour , reported Paris-Match : ‘ With a toss of her head that sent her ponytail flying , the Midway was engulfed in a streak of lightning from thousands of flashbulbs and cries of admiration . ’ |
| 15 | The last piece of information was given with a toss of her head . |
| 16 | She dismissed the question with a toss of her head . |
| 17 | ‘ What still comes as a shock , ’ she said with a toss of her head , ‘ is that I 'm impervious to your charm . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Of course there have been men , ’ she said with a toss of her head . |
| 19 | I 'm sure you 'd be far more at home somewhere on the high seas with a scarf around your head and a cutlass at your belt . ’ |
| 20 | With a flick of its head , it throws them on to the water . |
| 21 | Jotan took a cup out of the page 's hands , then dismissed him with a flick of his head . |
| 22 | With a butt of his head he will heal the fissured bathroom mirror , heal also the worsening welt in his own tarnished brow , and then stand there staring at himself with his eyes flickering . |
| 23 | In case of opposition he would follow up a tap from his truncheon with a butt from his head , which was reported as ‘ generally conclusive ’ . |
| 24 | I knew initially I did n't want a man in a silver suit with a mask over his head — the sort of thing you see in fairgrounds . |
| 25 | It was vaulted and filthy , black with the grime of decades , and its sooty defaced posters spoke to her of the petty romances of others , of Ramsgate and Margate , and she was going to Paris , albeit in a school raincoat , and with a beret on her head . |
| 26 | Cybele was usually depicted in a chariot drawn by lions , with a crown on her head and a drum or set of cymbals in her hand . |
| 27 | Thus a king would be shown in full coronation robes , holding the sceptres of estate and with a crown on his head , a bishop in full pontificals , a knight in his finest suit of armour and his lady dressed for Court . |
| 28 | A metal tree , a Nina Hagen impressionist , a randy vicar puppet , a suit with a clock on his head , chains , apples , knitting needles , molested dollies and still fathomless boredom . |
| 29 | As it is , Hagi will go to the World Cup with a price on his head , always assuming he is not snapped up beforehand . |
| 30 | The Saundersons endured a rough passage when Catholic James II decreed that Protestants be persecuted in their turn , and Robert , the son of Cromwell 's favourite , had to flee with a price on his head . |