Example sentences of "his head [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amongst his books , Freedom after Ejection , a Review ( 1690–1692 ) of Presbyterian and Congregational Nonconformity in England and Wales ( 1917 ) , and The Cheshire Classis Minutes 1691–1745 ( 1919 ) remained standard works , and his Heads of English Unitarian History ( 1895 ) was reissued in 1970 . |
| 2 | At the same time as Auerbach was painting his heads of JYM the English National Opera Company was mounting a production of Bizet 's Carmen designed by Maria Bjornson . |
| 3 | A toss of the coin — the Swindon manager , Ossie Ardiles , not knowing his heads from his tails — ensures Bolton will again have home advantage . |
| 4 | Anyway , afterwards they chatted over tea in the BBC canteen , and then he escorted her towards Shepherd Bush tube station , just turning his head over his shoulder towards me . |
| 5 | I picture this character , a kind of hybrid between Lovejoy and Pop Larkin , scratching his head over a load of bulky junk to be shifted sharpish . |
| 6 | As she noted affectionately in her diary , he nodded his head over the teapot ‘ like an old pouter pigeon ’ . |
| 7 | Nan 's no fool , and our precise Mr Peeble , who I am sure is quite used to pregnancies , will have detected something before now if not from the narration he has heard above his head over the past days . |
| 8 | Buckingham lost his head over the matter . |
| 9 | He went to the bathroom , hung his head over the toilet bowl . |
| 10 | The boy bent his head over the book with a docility unlike him . |
| 11 | Willie craned his head over the counter and watched him measuring and cutting two rolls of grey and navy flannel . |
| 12 | The doctor shook his head over the marchioness and , even now , when she had managed to leave her bed , a hard cough continuously racked her thin frame . |
| 13 | But a moment later he was up again and had thrust his head over the back of the board . |
| 14 | He was hanging his head over the edge of the bed and wondering what to do next when a spring burst in the mattress . |
| 15 | That done he lets her go , and with his head over his shoulder turned , he goes out backwards without taking his yes off her … she runs off in the opposite direction . |
| 16 | He scorned the use of a periscope , and stood and poked his head over the parapet . |
| 17 | He bent his head over his papers . |
| 18 | He bent his head over the basin and sniffed . |
| 19 | He knocked on the wall for the boy from the cafe next door to come in , and indicated his usual order with a nod ; to the other company , he raised a slow hand , palm over his breast but not touching it , and bent his head over the paper . |
| 20 | An old bearded man poked his head over the guildmaster 's shoulder and cackled , ‘ Speaking on behalf of the winesellers of Morpork , Tourism means Business . |
| 21 | All she could see of him from this angle was that he was a very large man , broad as well as tall — so tall that he had to bend his head over his task . |
| 22 | When the Minister next meets them , will he tell them why he stood on his head over a decommissioning — |
| 23 | Why he stood on his head over a decommissioning scheme which is too little , too late ? |
| 24 | ‘ Frank S. shaked a little on his head over the result , but was more satisfied than he dared to admit . |
| 25 | awful cos I 'm first-aided I usually get , I 'm the , the lucky person who hangs his head over a sink and sends him home again |
| 26 | ‘ Hey lads , ’ he would shout as he pushed his head through the door , ‘ Did I tell you about the cover from ‘ What Difference … ’ ? |
| 27 | Seconds later he poked his head through the doorway and beckoned . |
| 28 | Unluckily , neither the inspector nor myself spotted the stray soap and after slipping arse over tit he put his head through the water tank . |
| 29 | The policeman stuck his head through the opened window and examined Jimmy as if he was some strange zoological specimen . |
| 30 | One of the dads popped his head through the doorway . |