Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] head " in BNC.
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| 1 | His objective seems to be to make Wells out as obsessive , though far more violent food images could be drawn from Dickens ( ’ I 'll eat my head ’ , in Oliver Twist , etc ) . |
| 2 | I lowered my head quickly , as if to acknowledge the truth spoken by the old woman Khadija when she heard of my decision to travel to London . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh God , ’ I moaned , and lowered my head to the cool steel pipe of the bridge rail . |
| 4 | With a mounting feeling of dread , I went to a chair at the far end of the table from Quigley and lowered my head in the gloom . |
| 5 | I MUST N'T let my heart rule my head . |
| 6 | Up yours , I thought and got my head down to extract everything I could . |
| 7 | I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly . |
| 8 | And once I nearly got my head flattened , cos I sent up the wrong thing and bang he sent it down and I just got my head out of there in time . |
| 9 | And once I nearly got my head flattened , cos I sent up the wrong thing and bang he sent it down and I just got my head out of there in time . |
| 10 | ‘ In fact , I did n't even know McCallen had n't started for I just got my head down and went for it from the fall of the flag . |
| 11 | The first time in Ireland where I nearly got my head blown off . ’ |
| 12 | How come I got my head his head was here |
| 13 | I 'm not going to lose my head and try and rush out at the first chance . |
| 14 | I have learned to please , to gauge and sniff the air before I move off , to swing my head from side to side as I put one foot carefully in front of the other , ears and hair raised to twang on the slightest change in the atmosphere . |
| 15 | I must want my head tested sorting mail all day when I could be picking up wads of it on the lorries . ’ |
| 16 | He said : ‘ If I 'm deciding whom I want to live with for 50 years — well , that 's the last decision in which I would want my head to be entirely ruled by my heart ’ . |
| 17 | You were going to saw my head off . ’ |
| 18 | His fist crunches into my left cheek and drives my head against the ground . |
| 19 | I bang my head , I cut my scalp , yeah , everybody , I bang my head , I cut my scalp , not massive bleeding none of the bandages we 're doing this morning are to do with massive bleeding , they 're all to do with what we call minor wounds , right so small cut , but it needs attention , okay , so I cut my scalp |
| 20 | I bang my head , I cut my scalp , yeah , everybody , I bang my head , I cut my scalp , not massive bleeding none of the bandages we 're doing this morning are to do with massive bleeding , they 're all to do with what we call minor wounds , right so small cut , but it needs attention , okay , so I cut my scalp |
| 21 | I settled back in my seat , resting my head against the sheepskin , wondering at the strange minuet of their lives , the complexities of their dance of life . |
| 22 | I let my mouth fall open and set my glass down heavily on the table , allowing my head to fall back against the chair and my eyes to close , in the imitation of unconsciousness . |
| 23 | The Luciferi of France ( I 'll come to those bastards later ) would like to see my head on a pole . |
| 24 | ‘ Uh , uh , ’ I wagged my head from side to side . |
| 25 | I could have leaned my head on his breast and cried . |
| 26 | I enjoyed painting my little armoured scout car and sticking my head out of the lid . |
| 27 | Its tunnels were almost big enough for me to go down , and sticking my head down one , I had my first smell of badger — and , of course , completely ruined my chance of seeing any animals that day . |
| 28 | On a hand that had shielded my head |
| 29 | She made me coffee , gave me hugs , and at one point I fell asleep , and was at peace for a while , and woke up sprawled on the floor , my head on her lap , one gentle hand stroking my head . |
| 30 | I 've put in to be a corpse already and then I can laugh my head off on the floor all the way through — ’ |