Example sentences of "head and [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He threw back his head and laughed at the grey , lonely skies . |
2 | Walter Carew raised his head and stared at the grey tendrils of smoke climbing up from the brown barren waste . |
3 | He shook his head and beckoned at the same time , feeling an unutterable fool for doing so . |
4 | But when there was no retort from her granddaughter , she turned her head and looked at the young woman lying with her back against the head of the couch , her eyes closed , the muscles of her jaws showing white through the skin , and , her tone changing , she enquired , ‘ What is it , dear ? |
5 | As a small boy , growing up in Liverpool , I stood at the Pier Head and marvelled at the huge Atlantic liners berthed at the world 's largest floating landing-stage . |