Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] head " in BNC.
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| 1 | For no apparent reason it was hanging on my head like lank seaweed ; I could n't make it puff out in a way that hid my ears properly . |
| 2 | I was propping myself up , still in my sleeping bag with only my head outside . |
| 3 | I 'm still conscious of what I wear , I have n't completely lost track of fashion , but I do take more care now to see that my body is well covered , especially my head . |
| 4 | As he lay , with my arms wrapped around his body , I brought down my head hard on his face , and drew a lot of blood from him . |
| 5 | lay down my head to sleep , I pray … |
| 6 | So I walk , I think , and return to my room where , sitting beside the window , I pin down butterflies from inside my head . |
| 7 | So my head was pushed down and my arms pulled behind my back . |
| 8 | Only her head was free to move by now and this she was tossing from side to side , her eyes rolling in panic , while her fear was further expressed in snorts and whimpers . |
| 9 | We had an old inspector , a Manx man , he used to laugh when he saw them coming in with the blood pouring down their heads , fighting and everything . |
| 10 | Then I 'd remember the hareem at their dawn prayers , standing , bowing , kneeling , bowing down their heads to the flat surface of their prayer mats . |
| 11 | Only their heads remain immediately legible , and these provide the spectator with a starting point for the reconstruction of the subject . |
| 12 | Giger was asked to produce designs not only for the full-grown monster , especially its head , but also for the two earlier stages , the ‘ face-hugger ’ ( the piece that comes out of the egg to attach itself to an animal/human and force an embryo down their throat ) and the ‘ chest-burster ’ ( the small creature that has grown enough within the host to burst out to an independent existence , killing the host in the process ) . |
| 13 | So her head come out what 's the trouble ? |
| 14 | He does n't move , then suddenly his head gives a small jerk forward and his eyes buck wide open , the way they always used to when he 'd make some incoherent claim to lineage to the gods . |
| 15 | Suddenly his head lifted . |
| 16 | Blazer put down his head and nuzzled at her coat pocket . |
| 17 | He was embarrassed , she knew , because she was sitting at old Eddy Moulton 's desk , upon the top of which poor old Eddy had so recently laid down his head and died . |
| 18 | Mr McGregor , a father of three , from Linthorpe , Middlesbrough , has reduced function in his arms , numbness from the neck down and a ten-inch scar down his head as a result of the attack . |
| 19 | His ears go down his head then ? |
| 20 | Martin strode quickly towards him , picked up the phone , said , ‘ Yes ? ’ then listened ; and as he did so his head began to move in small jerks as he looked from side to side . |
| 21 | ‘ No , ’ said Philip , crouching , only his head in the hide . |
| 22 | This train of thought was started up again by a report in a daily paper of the miraculous debut in court of a bearded man wearing an Elizabethan ruff , though he kept his lower half decently obscured , only his head and shoulders on view . |
| 23 | Or only his head . |
| 24 | Sometimes you could see only his head or his legs ; sometimes you could see nothing at all . |
| 25 | If only his head did not ache so badly that thought seemed driven out by the throbbing . |
| 26 | Turning only his head , his eyes more black than she had ever seen them , he asked flatly , ‘ What do you think ? ’ |
| 27 | His hands did n't roam , did n't take liberties that she might not have wanted him to take ; only his head moved , his mouth , as he kissed her first one way , then another ; drew her lower lip , infinitely gently , between his ; sampled the top lip , her tongue ; moved languidly to approach from another direction . |
| 28 | The rumbling had become a steady , low roar , that seemed to be coming as much from inside his head as from all about him . |
| 29 | When it sucked in his head he could n't scream anymore . |
| 30 | Tom Someone , hang down your head and cry . |