Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [noun] over [pos pn] head " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pitched on the machair in Sutherland , however , it proved to be as useful as holding a tea towel over your head . |
| 2 | As for covering up the work , Crack Wars nees that about as much as an Egyptian mummy needs a paper bag over its head . |
| 3 | They then pulled on balaclavas before driving a short distance where they stopped , pulled the woman into the back , placed a plastic bag over her head and bound her with a rope around her neck and hands . |
| 4 | ‘ It was a horrible experience , ’ Tom recall , ‘ a bit like sliding down a snow slope on a tin tray with a plastic bag over your head — but worse ! ’ |
| 5 | Industrial base cut so close to the bone the marrow 's leaking out , the old vaguely socialist inefficiencies replaced with more rabid capitalist ones , power centralised , corruption institutionalised , and a generation created which 'll never have any skills beyond opening a car with a coat hanger and knowing which solvents give you the best buzz with a plastic bag over your head before you throw up or pass out . ’ |
| 6 | They made him strip , put a plastic bag over his head and then poured petrol over him . |
| 7 | ‘ I had a plastic bag over my head . |
| 8 | They found Googol tied up securely in the Emerald Suite with a leather hood over his head . |