Example sentences of "his head " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head was buried in the sand , hands and feet spread out , as if he had fallen from a great height . ’ |
| 2 | He throws back his head and laughs . |
| 3 | Goldberg , images of their last meeting in the narrow entrance of the elegant little Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art dancing in his head , slipped a sheet of A4 into his old Olivetti portable and started to transcribe . |
| 4 | It was still on his head . |
| 5 | At the desk asked if anyone had returned an umbrella , but the clerk shook his head . |
| 6 | Hidden by her handmaids she is seen to blush , then turns to Actaeon and throws water in his face to blind him , to stop him seeing her naked , but that is not enough and she knows it is not enough , and soon he feels the horns growing on his forehead , dat sparso capiti vivacis cornus cervis , she caused to grow on his head the horns of the long-lived stag , as if the cost of seeing her naked had to be death , first metamorphosis then death . |
| 7 | His head must have fallen almost directly on top of one of the tall spikes that surmounted the old iron rail . |
| 8 | ‘ No , no , ’ the Finnish detective said , shaking his head as if to rid himself of the last remnants of misunderstanding . |
| 9 | He sighed , and shook his head . |
| 10 | His bleary eyes filled with tears but he tilted his head back and glared at the top of the tent . |
| 11 | Henry Tylor bowed his head . |
| 12 | ‘ Just what the chief constable said … . ’ the detective inspector lowered his head . |
| 13 | Detective Constable Bewman scratched his head . |
| 14 | At this point , his head hit the canopy and dislodged his glasses . |
| 15 | Jay kissed the top of his head . |
| 16 | I just hope to God it does n't all go to his head and burn him out . |
| 17 | The woman looked up as the waiter made a great show of placing the glass with its golden contents beside her , and nodded his head towards Jay . |
| 18 | Fast jabs to the face are ideal for this purpose , because if they look effective they cause the opponent to throw back his head . |
| 19 | If you get the knee high enough , you will even be able to attack the opponent 's closed side , looping over his shoulder and into his head . |
| 20 | It would soothe away the worries that ached in his head , even on this hazy gold morning of early September , with a fine harvest coming and plenty of work for the young men in the new town . |
| 21 | ‘ I think his head was clear enough , for all it was going round . |
| 22 | Cameron looked steadily at him for a while until Stewart turned his head with a little toss and swallowed down his wine . |
| 23 | He used the complete gamut of his voice , from a growl like a dog warning its master that it has a sore foot to a high , exalted monotone which he kept for perorations ; and when he was using the words of an Old Testament lament , Isaiah or Zephaniah , to make a piteous effect , he had been known to put his head back and yowl like a tom-cat . |
| 24 | The other man shook his head , held up his paper , and shouted out , ‘ Can anybody read this ? ’ |
| 25 | But the scruples would spawn in his head , giving a cynical taint to his image of himself . |
| 26 | Cameron turned back into the house for his cloak and tried to order his thoughts as the last fogginess of sleep evaporated in his head . |
| 27 | His head was swinging and throbbing like a bell , The bell was ringing — absurd ! |
| 28 | Someone had fainted and a woman was loosening his shirt and running water over his head . |
| 29 | Cameron half-turned , to speak as much to the crowd as to the table , put his head back , and spoke slowly , pausing between his sentences . |
| 30 | They went for him then , Alexander and Donald McLaggan , the Duke 's two sons , dragged him from his father 's side so that his head bounced on the steps , lifted him bleeding , like foresters keeping a dying deer clear of the hounds , and started to carry him down to the river ‘ just to cool him off ’ but Cameron ran and gripped Donald 's shoulder and shouted , ‘ If you injure an officer it is treason on top of sedition , ’ so they carried him back and laid him carefully at his father 's feet . |