Example sentences of "her head [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not have sufficient strength to take stance on the gaunt bare branch above her head nor had she touched the remnant of meat that had been left the day before as her food and which now lay on the ground at her side . |
| 2 | She shook her head and made it go away . |
| 3 | Travis tipped her head and kissed her . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've told you only the truth , my lovely one , ’ he breathed , and this time Fabia raised her head and kissed him , then found that she was the one being kissed , so expertly too that when eventually Ven pulled back she was feeling on a totally different plane . |
| 5 | When at length she lifted her head and sniffed he produced a spotless hankie . |
| 6 | Then Miss Harker lifted her head and addressed them all in solemn tones . |
| 7 | His lips hardened and he lifted her closer , cupping her head and kissing her deeply when she made no move to get away . |
| 8 | He might as well get a gun like Denis Hurley 's gun — and put it to her head and shoot her . |
| 9 | She raised her head and looked him in the eye . |
| 10 | She lifted her head and looked him in the face . |
| 11 | She just shook her head and said he was an old enemy of her father 's , and refused to be drawn any further . ’ |
| 12 | She had pulled a pretty knitted skull-cap over her head and pinned it in place with metal grips . |
| 13 | So when the great lady detective drew a hair from her head and stuck it across the lock on the front door of Sir Vivien 's motor car , Constable Quince said nothing . |
| 14 | At the sound of Paul 's entry she paused , brush in hand , turned her head and saw him . |
| 15 | She lifted her head and banged it several times on the floor . |
| 16 | She pulled the duvet over her head and ignored it . |
| 17 | Which was why she averted her head and kept it down when she heard Lubor come and stand close by . |
| 18 | She bowed her head and shook it , as if by doing so she might rid herself of what she had to say . |
| 19 | Tilda alternately nodded her head and shook it violently from side to side . |
| 20 | Immediately a hand was placed firmly over her head and turned it to face the front again . |
| 21 | In the silence that followed , she placed her arms over her bare breasts and , pushing them up , bent her head and smelt them . |
| 22 | Fran tried to turn away to avoid the kiss , but Luke slid his hand behind her head and held her firmly as he plundered the ripe , warm swell of her lips . |
| 23 | I even found I could hold her head and pet her while she threw up . |
| 24 | He reached behind her head and pulled her towards him , kissing her lingeringly on her lips . |
| 25 | She had drawn her fair hair high into an elaborate plait down the back of her head and fastened it at the bottom with a wide tortoiseshell clasp : it looked distinguished and competent , but nowhere near cuddly . |
| 26 | As he passed her , Celia Hooper raised her head and gave him a look of steady encouragement . |
| 27 | Carole turned her head and gave her a broad smile . |
| 28 | She raised her head and threw him a cold look . |
| 29 | But I was furious , and at the end of the afternoon , tore it off her head and threw it in the fire . |
| 30 | Susan swept the sou'wester off her head and threw it away . |