Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] head [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to shake my head clear and take some more deep breaths . |
| 2 | Images kept on coming at me which , like a crazy horse , I tried to resist , defiantly tossing my head high , but each new picture flashing into my mind enraged me more and more and I shook my head frantically from side to side . |
| 3 | With clenched teeth , keeping her head low and her eyes half-closed , she hugged the cliff-face and inched her way along . |
| 4 | Since that first morning at the gravel pit she had not once admitted her fear but she always looked white and tense and , although she could manage a few strokes now , she swam clumsily and jerkily , keeping her head high . |
| 5 | The old female bent her head low and nodded . |
| 6 | But she went down like a sack of spuds and cracked her head open . |
| 7 | STEELY determination not to be dominated by her husband shows in the way Diana holds her head high . |
| 8 | Today the business holds its head high and is a world leader in its specialized fields . |
| 9 | Even more remarkably he holds his head high among even the finest pianists in the Second and Third Sonatas . |
| 10 | ‘ That was a brilliant night , ’ gushes singer Ken , a man who holds his head onstage . |
| 11 | Simply turn 90 degrees each way with the shoulders , concentrating on maintaining your spine angle and keeping your head steady . |
| 12 | Wearing the collar , Aunt Margaret had to carry her head high and haughty as the Queen of Assyria , but above it her eyes were anxious and sad and not proud at all . |
| 13 | JASON Robinson heads a posse of Wigan young guns who will be given their head this season as the champions face life without Andy Gregory . |
| 14 | It can be dangerous because I often cut my head open . ’ |
| 15 | Gloria 's huge brown eyes sparkled as she twisted her head this way and that to give a better view of the elaborate blond topknot from which floated multi-tinted spiral streamers . |
| 16 | The question of age , in fact , filled his head these days , but it was not a matter he wanted to discuss with Louise . |
| 17 | A sudden dignity made him straighten his back and hold his head high . |
| 18 | Every time he felt himself sinking , Nails ' prehensile toes grasped him by the Adam 's apple and lifted his head clear of the water . |
| 19 | The first thing I never went to the doctor with when I , I tumbled off the wall down cut me head open and that 's the only , and then after I got used to playing football they must 've , have put a steel inset into your head the way I head that ball . |
| 20 | It struck me how easy it would be to — I shook my head clear of the silly thought . |
| 21 | I tried very hard to think about something , anything , that would help me keep my head clear . |
| 22 | She smiled , turning her head first to one side , then to the other so that they could all see the smile . |
| 23 | But she still held the gun and , as Kellerman turned on her , Donna shook her head clear and fired at him . |
| 24 | She shook her head free of his grip , and sat further away on the sofa , looking at him with detachment . |
| 25 | She smiled and shook her head some more . |
| 26 | Unlike the head-jutting ectothermic desert lizard , who warms his head first , the hibernating homeotherms would shiver and warm the heart first , then pass warm blood outwards to the body and brain . |
| 27 | Athelstan shook his head free of such images . |
| 28 | Juanito shook his head clear as he rounded on Trent . |
| 29 | It looked as if he were turning his head all the way round ! |
| 30 | ‘ At least let me stay here for a while until I get my head clear . ’ |