Example sentences of "[pos pn] head for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To paddle around Laguna Chica enjoying the idle drift of time , the depth of natural silence ; to go and rest my head for a last time between the fifteen-foot-high buttresses of Big Tree … |
| 2 | I 'd been wanting to break a board over my head for a long while . |
| 3 | I look at the back of her head for a minute . |
| 4 | As she groped towards a chair he made no move towards her but watched her sit down , then bow her head for a moment before slowly raising her eyes to his again when , in a voice that had lost none of its bitterness , she said ‘ Leave me ; but I 'm warning you , I 'll see you dead first , before you take that girl . ’ |
| 5 | She rested her head for a moment against his shoulder and then sat up straight , conscious that she must not ruffle her carefully coiffured hair . |
| 6 | Yet it never entered her head for a moment to think that Prince Charles was remotely interested in romance . |
| 7 | His fingers tightened on her head for a second and then released her . |
| 8 | He is about the inn all day , speaks broken English , and in acknowledgment of any kindness will show the suppleness of his old bones by standing on his head for a little time . |
| 9 | Willie raised his head for a moment to listen . |
| 10 | Hoogeveen was a nondescript , cheerless place , and so was his room , with only a dirty skylight over his head for a window . |
| 11 | He scratched his head for a moment , then inspected his nails . |
| 12 | " O Frith , " thought Hazel , turning his head for a moment to the bright glow in the west , " are you sending us to live among the clouds ? |
| 13 | Young Harmodios , left arm back , half turns the other way , his right swinging the sword behind his head for a cutting stroke , the sharply bent elbow a peak at the top . |
| 14 | ( Abberley puts his hand to his head for a second . ) |
| 15 | The old Annamese , possibly hard of hearing , gazed unblinkingly into the distance above his head for a moment then turned and shuffled away , but his son nodded gravely . |
| 16 | Another distant roll of thunder added a bass note to the orchestrated shrillness of the tropical night , and Devraux lifted his head for a second to listen . |
| 17 | Trung cocked his head for a moment longer . |
| 18 | Many years ago one such wager was made in the " Homeward Bound " , when a group of men were drinking together , the wager was made by one that nine in the bar could carry a 56 lb weight on his head for a measured mile and back . |
| 19 | He shook his head for a second , trying to clear it . |
| 20 | ‘ They 're not exorbitant for craftsmanship of that quality , ’ he said , bending his head for a closer look at an exquisite rose fashioned from mother-of-pearl and spun gold . |
| 21 | He lifted his head for a moment to look at her . |
| 22 | Then Goodman scored a soft goal with his head for a free kick near the corner flag . |
| 23 | We use this way in to stop people stealing what gear we have.Andy has been scratching around for a regular roof over his head for a year , ever since he lost his job and his home burned down in a fire . |
| 24 | ‘ Keep that handy , ’ I warn him , ‘ or I 'll have your head for a hat-rack . ’ |