Example sentences of "head [coord] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The man with the straw hat put it on his head and produced a lighted cigar from nowhere . |
2 | A gout of flame rolled past his head and struck the far wall . |
3 | She tipped back her head and took a deep breath . |
4 | Several times Floy cast sidelong looks at Balor , trying to decide how percipient he might be , but Balor simply turned his head and grinned the gap-toothed grin and occasionally nodded amiably . |
5 | Patrick stirred , rolled his head and spewed a few words out through his sliced lips and mangled mouth . |
6 | Schmidt began to turn his head and received a light slap . |
7 | He lowered his head and kissed the taut peak where it strained against the thin fabric of her T-shirt . |
8 | He remained still and one of them settled on his shoulder , hopped to his head and reached a yellow beak to peck at his eyes . |
9 | I turned my head and saw a huge cat , three times larger than one of our cows . |
10 | I lifted my weary head and saw the skinny preacher standing in front of me . |
11 | Slipping into the bed Sarah looked down on the white-blonde head and felt the familiar tightening in her guts . |
12 | The Frenchman shook his head and lifted a silent hand in a gesture that implied " Wait ! " |
13 | ‘ Feelings , ’ cried Dawn , and she jerked back her head and made a funny sort of noise halfway between a laugh and a howl . |
14 | In reply , Nicky threw back his head and made the dreadful noise again . |
15 | He had a high-domed bald head and smoked a curved pipe . |
16 | She stood up to get her little-black hat , perched it on the side of her sleek fair head and skewered a pearl-tipped hatpin through the felt . |
17 | His laughter echoed mockingly round the room as he raised his hand to her head and pulled the scarlet bandana free . |
18 | Jessamy slowly raised her head and faced the other woman . |
19 | Realising what had happened , he dashed into the smoke-filled engine room with a wet cloth over his head and disconnected the main power cables from the batteries . |
20 | She lowered her head and entered the Stygian darkness . |
21 | She took the hands of those on either side of her , lowered her head and gave a constipated grunt . |
22 | Finally she lifted her head and gave a confident smile . |
23 | Lindsey shook her head and gave a slight laugh . |
24 | Jack shook his head and gave a wry laugh . |
25 | He shook his head and gave a heavy sigh . |
26 | He threw back his head and gave a harsh bellow . |