Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] [prep] the head " in BNC.
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1 | The person with the cushion on their lap then has to stroke them on the head and say ‘ Poor pussy ’ without laughing . |
2 | ‘ Do n't worry … you can sleep alone — I can take a hint that I 'm not wanted without you having to hit me over the head with it , ’ he finished bitterly . |
3 | Heydrich could have shot him in the head . |
4 | What I ever did to annoy Old Saul , whether it was the heat that made him especially cantankerous , whether Agnes really had kicked him in the head when she arrived , as Mrs Clamp says-none of this do I know . |
5 | He could scarcely have given him a firmer hint if he had hit him over the head with a mallet . |
6 | Anyway , it 's very , very good news , he 's turned the corner I 've hit him over the head with the newspaper ! |
7 | It is likely that attempts were made to create similar kingdoms on the western frontier along the Severn Valley , but these were frustrated by Caratacus , who had established himself as the head of the anti-Roman forces in the region now known as Wales . |