Example sentences of "head [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only wished he could grow taller and tougher and learn not to twitch and stammer with nervousness , that he could stop biting his nails and scratching his head so that his father would no longer hate him . |
| 2 | He sensed the growing tension in Mariana and felt her turn her head so that she could no longer see the wall of cloud less than half a mile to their left . |
| 3 | Jazz shook his head so that the hair fell down over his face like a curtain and sat looking like something that had escaped from the zoo , still heaving from his exertions . |
| 4 | It is played between two people in a small arena and the object is to hit the opponent on the head so that his cerebrum thwacks against his skull with sufficient force to cause loss of consciousness . |
| 5 | The shelter curved well above his head so that they could both stand quite comfortably inside . |
| 6 | You also need to allow headroom by leaving a little space between the top edge of the frame and the subject 's head , except for big c.lose-ups when the rule is to set the head so that the eyes come at about two-thirds of the height of the picture . |
| 7 | I wound it around my head so that it covered all but my eyes . |
| 8 | Claws as mighty as its own batted the purestrain 's claws aside and ravaged its head so that the purestrain shrieked and hung incapacitated , blocking the gap . |
| 9 | Artemis threw the reins at his head so that nothing would check him . |
| 10 | This was a sinister development ; the horse straightened his head so that he could see better , and cocked an ear at the man . |
| 11 | He turned his head so that when he opened his eyes he could be facing into the clearing . |
| 12 | His hair , similarly , has collapsed onto his head so that at first — I see him at the end of a corridor — he appears to be completely bald . |
| 13 | Katherine shook her head so that the long auburn sheath covered her eyes . |
| 14 | And he launched a great , cracking blow at Finn 's head so that Finn reeled and staggered , clutching the bannisters for support . |
| 15 | Putting both hands on her head so that he could tilt it up towards him , he said : |
| 16 | ‘ Sam 's going to a new school , ’ Bella said , and time was oddly foreshortened in Albert 's head so that two or three minutes of silence passed between them and he thought it only a second . |
| 17 | You must realize that I 've got it all worked out in my head so that this does n't have any bearing on you at all . ’ |
| 18 | Miranda had a skewed air , her dark curls sprang up on her head so that the younger girl noticed little black hairs running down the vertebrae of her neck to the nape ; there was a feral shine and speed to her too , something uncontained , and it scared the younger girl . |
| 19 | Léonie turned her head so that she could look at Baptiste . |
| 20 | She yawned , stretching her arms above her head so that her clothes slid up ova her body . |
| 21 | And he bent his head so that his mouth was hidden in the folds of my skirt , and said so softly that I could hardly hear it , but I felt it more than heard it , through the red material , murmured against my leg : " I love you . " |
| 22 | Unhappily , she averted her head so that he could not see the glimmer of tears that smarted behind her eyelids . |
| 23 | She crept downstairs , holding the green enamel candlestick high above her head so that she did n't lose her footing on the narrow wooden stairs . |
| 24 | The now familiar palpitating flutter in her heart made itself felt and the blood drummed unpleasantly in her head so that she feared she might lose her senses . |
| 25 | He drew back his head so that he might look into her eyes , misty with unshed tears . |
| 26 | It felt as if he could see right inside her head so that he knew beyond doubt the minutest detail of her response . |
| 27 | Her hair had been pinned up , and he brought it tumbling down around her face as he raked his fingers through it , then he gripped it in a bunch at the back of her head so that he could more easily drag his mouth over her upturned lips in a kiss that sent spasms of unwanted desire shooting to the depths of her being . |
| 28 | In the silence that followed she gradually became aware of David 's stillness ; so aware that in the end she was forced to twist her head so that she could see his face . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're happy , ’ she said softly , tilting back her head so that she could look into his face . |
| 30 | He caught her hands in his and drew them over her head so that she lay open and vulnerable to him . |