Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] head " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I 'm not going to lose my head and try and rush out at the first chance . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You were going to saw my head off . ’ |
| 4 | The Luciferi of France ( I 'll come to those bastards later ) would like to see my head on a pole . |
| 5 | Moving freely , I was joyously relieved to find my head clearing and body warming . |
| 6 | I used to be frightened to fall asleep at night sometimes , afraid I 'd stick my head out from under the clothes while I was asleep and wake up to find my head in a dragon 's mouth , before I died . ’ |
| 7 | Do the books feel very hard because I have a tendency to pull my head back onto them with excessive and habitual tension in the muscles of the neck ? |
| 8 | Asked by a perfumed interrogator whether I would like a large slice of my earned income to be taken from me and devoted to helping the poor , I would feel loathe to shake my head . |
| 9 | He started to shake my head about . |
| 10 | I did one short sprint , just to shake my head as I ran and get some of the sand out of my hair , then relaxed to a trot once more . |
| 11 | I tried to shake my head clear and take some more deep breaths . |
| 12 | I have nowhere to hide my head but under this roof . |
| 13 | She began to shake her head automatically , but then stopped and shrugged . |
| 14 | But his mother was beginning to shake her head . |
| 15 | Jimmy was recovered now and Cardiff followed , still holding Barbara , who continued to shake her head — wanting to awake . |
| 16 | As far as he could remember , she had n't replied to anything except to shake her head when he mentioned Ovaltine . |
| 17 | Polly started to shake her head , but he did n't give her the chance to say anything . |
| 18 | But she had to shake her head to clear it of the dizzy sensation . |
| 19 | She tried to shake her head , but found she was pressed so hard against the stack behind her that movement was impossible . |
| 20 | She paints under her maiden name , ’ he added helpfully , but Belinda was still forced to shake her head . |
| 21 | But even as she began to shake her head , she heard her own voice accepting the invitation , felt a ridiculous little spurt of pleasure that he even wanted to be with her . |
| 22 | She started to shake her head . |
| 23 | She started to shake her head . |
| 24 | Her heart beat erratically at that but she managed to shake her head in disbelief . |
| 25 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 26 | It took everything she had , but she managed to shake her head . |
| 27 | The Gulf conflict is a messy , complex affair , to which the most natural response is for people to shake their heads and confess to not knowing the answers . |
| 28 | Some of them came to talk seriously with Quigley and to shake their heads at me . |
| 29 | Above : once she 's got the T-shirt in position , it 's easy for Clare to slip her head through the big hole in the middle |
| 30 | She is aware of ‘ something lovely somewhere , something that is gone , or hidden , or yet to be attained ’ , but why this urge to scream her head off at the sight of an uncleared breakfast table ? |