Example sentences of "[v-ing] her head " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time Irene was emitting a steady gurgle of contentment , when she was n't laughing her head off . |
| 2 | She then picks up a stone in her jaws and , vibrating her head at high speed , bangs down the soil . |
| 3 | Jack came rushing down from his room on the top floor and threw himself down beside Bunty , cradling her head . |
| 4 | Luke 's hands were cradling her head and he was kissing her all over her face with an adoring tenderness she would never have dreamed was possible . |
| 5 | The man had his fingers around the woman 's throat and was banging her head against the back of the seat . |
| 6 | Then Rose made a grab for Evelyn 's hair and started banging her head against the floor with both hands . |
| 7 | By late 1943 , when Liselotte was approaching her seventh birthday , she had taken to banging her head , a symptom which worried her foster mother more than her doctor , who ‘ could not be persuaded to view the matter very seriously ’ . |
| 8 | She pushed into the dust , banging her head on the wooden underside . |
| 9 | Although she was terribly fond of the children she found that working with them was like banging her head against a brick wall . |
| 10 | She jumps up , banging her head on the partition . |
| 11 | Carol was bounced backwards into her seat and then sideways on the floor of the van , banging her head on the side in the process . |
| 12 | Unable to save herself , with a startled cry she pitched forward , tumbling down the remaining stairs and banging her head on the stone floor . |
| 13 | Keeping her head and shoulders back would have improved this rider 's stickability ! |
| 14 | ‘ Quite ’ , replied Mole , who preferred to busy herself digging , keeping her head down . |
| 15 | With clenched teeth , keeping her head low and her eyes half-closed , she hugged the cliff-face and inched her way along . |
| 16 | ‘ No , ’ she whispered stubbornly , keeping her head to the side . |
| 17 | Since that first morning at the gravel pit she had not once admitted her fear but she always looked white and tense and , although she could manage a few strokes now , she swam clumsily and jerkily , keeping her head high . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's all right , ’ Emmie mumbled , keeping her head low . |
| 19 | Keeping her head lowered , Carolyn made for the door , and hurried out to the dustbin . |
| 20 | When he did , his mouth ravaging hers a peculiarly sweet fierceness , pressing her head back against the pillow , she shuddered uncontrollably and , after a moment 's hesitation , twined her hands behind his head , pulling him down until he was lying on top of her . |
| 21 | ‘ Is that better ? ’ he murmured , pressing her head against his shoulder . |
| 22 | Aubrey , meanwhile , was perched on the edge of his sister 's bed while she sat at her dressing-table , twisting her head in front of the triple mirror as she tried to place two matching clips in her hair . |
| 23 | ‘ Lucenzo , Lucenzo , ’ she moaned , twisting her head away . |
| 24 | Finally she fought , trying to escape that devastating possession , twisting her head frantically from side to side until Luke 's hands came up to still her struggles . |
| 25 | Isabel screamed again , twisting her head from side to side , catapulted brutally into panic-stricken hysteria . |
| 26 | They did not seem to mind , each patting her head and calling out that her hair would soon grow , which was more than could be said for the balding bailiffs escorting them . |
| 27 | At the same time she kept tossing her head and patting her hair , exploring its new tidied sleekness . |
| 28 | She spoke proudly , tossing her head at Hector . |
| 29 | The maid had retired , tossing her head at the thought of such low people as them gyppos having the sauce to interrupt the master at his supper . |
| 30 | ‘ Passed up a couple of total certs to come to your bloody bun-fight , ’ she complained , though she was looking at the poor child all the time , with her eyes half-closed and tossing her head so the sockets would catch the light . |