Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pos pn] head [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor hanging her head with shame . " |
| 2 | Julie stood on the sea wall and moved her head from side to side allowing the fresh wind from the estuary to blow through her hair . |
| 3 | Coun Bergg , we are happy to report , is alive and well and keeping his head above water . |
| 4 | The media dub it the ‘ slimming disease ’ , and shake their heads in dismay at foolish girls ( and now boys ) who ‘ suffer from ’ this ‘ bewildering ’ ‘ illness ’ . |
| 5 | I watch a white Lamborghini Countach trundle past on the street outside and shake my head in disbelief . |
| 6 | Boyd approved of this , and nodded his head in agreement . |
| 7 | Then she sat down and shook her head from side to side at her daughter , disbelief in her eyes . |
| 8 | The larger chimp pulled herself up and rested her face against the bars , watching him sideways , while Fifi grinned and shook her head from side to side . |
| 9 | Bernice took it from him and shook her head in amazement . |
| 10 | And she took a breath sharply at his directness , and shook her head in fright . |
| 11 | Ruth let out a twisted laugh and shook her head in disbelief . |
| 12 | She leaned down from the horse and he did n't flinch as she grabbed his long hair and shook his head from side to side . |
| 13 | Lewis considered what Morse was saying , and shook his head in puzzlement . |
| 14 | The Prior , no man 's fool , stared hard at Corbett and shook his head in warning . |
| 15 | He looked around as if to make sure Agrippa or any other spy was not lurking in the hedgerow , and shook his head in contradiction . |
| 16 | Nate closed his eyes and shook his head in disbelief . |
| 17 | He took a step back and shook his head in disbelief . |
| 18 | Corbett sighed and shook his head in disbelief . |
| 19 | He suffers seizure-like attacks , writhing on the ground and holding his head in pain as God invades his body . |
| 20 | I wondered who this unbecoming fellow was and hung my head in embarrassment when another replied . |
| 21 | He had started moaning again and moving his head from side to side . |
| 22 | And after crossing the line and clasping her head in wonder , Sally was able to find her mother and father among the 64,900 crowd for hugs of delight . |
| 23 | And after crossing the line and clasping her head in wonder , Sally was able to find her mother and father among the 64,900 crowd for hugs of delight . |
| 24 | " Holy women , " said Fidelma and bowed her head in respect . |
| 25 | She said ‘ Good morning ’ to several people as she went , and reached her head of department , Robert Drewer 's , office , having formed the view that it was no wonder that Massingham 's were the go-ahead company they were . |
| 26 | And nodding his head in agreement with that , Mr Wolski took his broom and went off down the path away from the Cages , for it saddened him more and more to see the eagles there . |
| 27 | She put her hands to her cheeks and rocked her head from side to side . |
| 28 | He tendered a dry , crisp hand to her on the doorstep and inclined his head in farewell . |
| 29 | Just now the autumnal coolth was tonic and he breathed it in like drinking draughts of fresh milk , then took dippersful of water from the butt at the side of the house and sluiced his head into activity . |
| 30 | Elisabeth did , but shook her head in order to provide Mitzi with the opportunity to inform her . |