Example sentences of "his head [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | When the Minister next meets them , will he tell them why he stood on his head over a decommissioning — |
| 3 | Why he stood on his head over a decommissioning scheme which is too little , too late ? |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | As she noted affectionately in her diary , he nodded his head over the teapot ‘ like an old pouter pigeon ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Buckingham lost his head over the matter . |
| 8 | He went to the bathroom , hung his head over the toilet bowl . |
| 9 | The boy bent his head over the book with a docility unlike him . |
| 10 | Willie craned his head over the counter and watched him measuring and cutting two rolls of grey and navy flannel . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But a moment later he was up again and had thrust his head over the back of the board . |
| 13 | He was hanging his head over the edge of the bed and wondering what to do next when a spring burst in the mattress . |
| 14 | He scorned the use of a periscope , and stood and poked his head over the parapet . |
| 15 | He bent his head over the basin and sniffed . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ Frank S. shaked a little on his head over the result , but was more satisfied than he dared to admit . |
| 19 | ‘ Hey lads , ’ he would shout as he pushed his head through the door , ‘ Did I tell you about the cover from ‘ What Difference … ’ ? |
| 20 | Seconds later he poked his head through the doorway and beckoned . |
| 21 | Unluckily , neither the inspector nor myself spotted the stray soap and after slipping arse over tit he put his head through the water tank . |
| 22 | The policeman stuck his head through the opened window and examined Jimmy as if he was some strange zoological specimen . |
| 23 | One of the dads popped his head through the doorway . |
| 24 | He was sitting at his desk on the second morning when Nikos stuck his head through the door . |
| 25 | He stared in disbelief as he watched Dorothy grab the boy and hold his head under the surface of the pool until he lay unmoving , like a small rag doll . |
| 26 | It astonished me that a man who had kept his head under the most severe stresses and strains should lose both nerve and judgement in this way . |
| 27 | Though he ultimately lost his head under the executioner 's axe , whilst that head was on his shoulders he did use it well . |
| 28 | When the cortege stopped he bowed his head under the bier and prayed requesting that he should die that night to join the bishop in heaven . |
| 29 | George , returning to the house rather earlier than he might have expected , put his head under the cold tap and let the delicious water course over him . |
| 30 | Keith hides his head under the other pillow . |