Example sentences of "his head [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it was really very funny , this long straggly black hair , he looked absolutely miserable , he thought he was now spiritually calm and spiritually sane and he 's got this peculiar thing on his head that makes him look so daft . |
| 2 | The cheers spread to the people who crammed every street which led from the concourse , but Artai did not turn his head or acknowledge them . |
| 3 | I asked if it could print in scales of grey upon computer labels , he closed his eyes , shook his head and insisted he did n't know . |
| 4 | Nowadays methods vary from teacher to teacher , but in a typical lesson the pupil is likely to find himself lying , sitting or standing on a hard table while his teacher , using hands and voice , gently guides his head and gets him to release his neck and shoulders . |
| 5 | He merely sat on the only chair in my room , shook his head and told me to sleep , and that it would be best if we shared the same chamber that night . |
| 6 | Benjamin studied these carefully , shook his head and tossed them back . |
| 7 | The second one shook his head and gestured we should follow . |
| 8 | Two armed men held a gun to his head and made him drive the bomb to the heart of Westminster after hiring the cab at his office . |
| 9 | He sniffed at each , shook his head and put them back . |
| 10 | He lifted his head and put it slightly to one side to listen better . |
| 11 | He made the gesture of someone sleeping , tilting his head and laying it on his hands , and smiling peacefully . |
| 12 | And he went out and defied the Count and slew him , and smote off his head and carried it home to his father . |
| 13 | The other Rex Mundi , because , of course , it could be no other , rent hair from his head and flung it to the floor where it exploded in small sulphurous puffs of smoke . |
| 14 | A shudder went through her as he bent his head and kissed them , and when his teeth closed lightly over the sheer fabric , first on one nipple and then on the other , she cried out |
| 15 | He bent his head and kissed her . |
| 16 | ‘ Roman , not here , ’ she said frantically as he bent his head and kissed her . |
| 17 | He bent his head and kissed her , his mouth urgent and seeking , before swinging her up into his arms and carrying her through the curtains . |
| 18 | He bent his head and kissed her again . |
| 19 | He lowered his head and kissed her fleetingly on the mouth . |
| 20 | Penry bent his head and kissed her deeply , and Leonora slid her arms round his neck , responding with a fervour which answered his question without words . |
| 21 | They stood clasped together for a long time , then he bent his head and kissed her , softly at first , then with such increasing passion that she could feel his heart beating like a drum . |
| 22 | An image of his daughter in the act of love , her white knees parted , a dark shape above her , flashes unbidden into his head and fills him with rage and disgust . |
| 23 | Then the wind rose again and plucked his top hat off his head and sent it bowling among the stones . |
| 24 | Convulsively , Edward jerked the garments over his head and discarded them . |
| 25 | I swing the gun back from his head and crash it down just above his ear . |
| 26 | I just hope to God it does n't all go to his head and burn him out . |
| 27 | Or hack off his head and boil it |
| 28 | But the woman , not so drunk , seeing the protective Winnie , cuffed his head and hustled him away . |
| 29 | As though you just shit on his head and rubbed it in with your foot or something , you know ! |
| 30 | The raging young lad raised the chopper above his head and brought it down with tremendous force . |