Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] head on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim , seated , or perched on his chair , could not settle , but got up and stumbled about , laughing helplessly , or sat and laid his head on the table and laughed , sounding as if he wept , then in an excess of happiness and gratitude , banged his two fists on either side of his head , which banging turned into a little sharp jubilant rhythm . |
| 2 | You will fall on yourself and bang your head on the radiator when you step backwards . |
| 3 | She tried to get up on all fours , and bumped her head on the underside of the bed . |
| 4 | Unable to save herself , with a startled cry she pitched forward , tumbling down the remaining stairs and banging her head on the stone floor . |
| 5 | He holds his hands passively forwards , and places his head on the carer 's shoulder , on the side away from the chair . |
| 6 | Dad had fallen and cracked his head on the fireplace . |
| 7 | Train driver Graham Lumsden , of Duke Street , Hartlepool , said he was driving the train from Port Clarence to Thornaby and was approaching the North Shore signal box , about a quarter-of-a-mile north of Stockton station , when he saw a dark-haired male dash out from some bushes and place his head on the line . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm afraid of slipping in the dark and cracking my head on the edge of the bunker , ’ I had said . |
| 9 | Cati sounded snivelly , and Rosa smiled beatifically and shook her head on the pillow , in possession of a rare wisdom . |
| 10 | ‘ Andrew had his defences down as Waterworth came across in front of me and hit him in the mouth and knocked his head on the floor . |
| 11 | Say , for example , ‘ You remember when you fell over and hit your head on the door — well , that 's how Jimmy felt when you just hit him . ’ |
| 12 | ’ ’ I 'm sure I 'm going to leave the ground and float up and hit my head on the ceiling , and all the time the voices are call ‘ DO IT DO IT DO IT … ’ |
| 13 | I came down with quite a thud , and hit my head on the stair post . ’ |
| 14 | He sat up quickly and hit his head on the eave . |
| 15 | Brian was not wearing a seat belt , was thrown forward and hit his head on the windscreen . |
| 16 | Course he fell and hit his head on the washbasin . |
| 17 | It 's thought he may have fallen and hit his head on the kerb . |
| 18 | She broke down again and put her head on the older woman 's shoulder . |
| 19 | There she sat down and put her head on the desk , with her arms over it . |