Example sentences of "be [vb pp] over [art] head " in BNC.
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| 1 | For ease , upper garments like a sweater or shirt are pulled over the head first , and the hemiplegic arm comes out of its sleeve last . |
| 2 | It involves co-operation between both sides of the body : for instance , as one leg is put into a trouser-leg , the other holds the body upright ; a sweater has to be pulled over the head and then organized so that one 's arms can slide into the sleeves . |
| 3 | They did n't want to be hit over the head like that , he concluded with his characteristic weary shrug . |
| 4 | You might think the only safe course is straightforward , sound , economic government and you might wonder therefore why so rarely in recent years Governments have practised it , except when they have been hit over the head by external forces and events that they could n't resist . |
| 5 | Oliver said he guessed it was partly because Cobalt had led the sort of life where being thumped over the head with a bottle was not a unique experience . |
| 6 | The chief mourner continued to wear a coat with train , together with the mourning hood , but even the manner of wearing the hood changed : draped round the shoulders like a short scarf rather than being worn over the head . |
| 7 | Has n't he got enough to worry about without being clobbered over the head by the injured pride of a woman fortunate enough to have the time and the brain to worry about the title on her season ticket ? |
| 8 | Despite being hit over the head , he clung to the gun and the raiders fled empty-handed . |
| 9 | The links between politics and patronage can not have been beneficial to the efficiency of the customs service as a revenue-collecting agency , for all too often strong political interests could secure an important post for a man with little or no experience who was placed over the head of men far better qualified than himself , and presumably resentful of their own failure to secure advancement . |
| 10 | When she was hit over the head with a brick and put off work for four months , she came back for more . |
| 11 | He was hit over the head and broke an ankle but disarmed the 6ft raider and sent him packing . |
| 12 | A Chelmsford motorist was hit over the head with a golf club , during an altercation at a hamburger stall on the A12 near to the town . |
| 13 | A Chelmsford motorist was hit over the head during the incident at a burger bar on the A12 . |
| 14 | ‘ I was hit over the head . ’ |
| 15 | There , at Kemp 's home again I 'm guessing — a quarrel took place in which Kemp was struck over the head and sent stumbling in his own living room , where his right temple crashed against the kerb of the fire-place — and where he died . |
| 16 | Apparently the China deal was cut over the head ( and protest ) of USL 's other joint venture Univel Inc and Univel 's other owner Novell . |