Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] head [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flung his head to one side and muttered something , his face was twisted up ; he pushed himself away and fell out through the entrance and on to his knees , and she sat down on the floor for her legs felt weak and the wounded one was throbbing painfully , and she crawled over to Sycorax and lay down beside her and sobbed hot , dry grief until she at last fell asleep . |
| 2 | She recognised him at once from the blunt-nosed profile and pepper-and-salt hair en brosse and the large tinted lenses of his glasses , and the way he hooked his head to one side and forward like a boxer butting . |
| 3 | this was a game that Oxford just could n't afford to lose … they played it right … kept the defence tight … looked for the break … the opening up front … the hero was a local lad Mark Druce who celebrated his home debut with his first goal … he used his head in more ways than one … |
| 4 | He cupped her head in one hand and massaged her lips with his own till the blood pulsed into them . |
| 5 | Then he turned his head to one side as if he , too , was listening to the Maltesers rolling past the front row , under the bed on which he and Andrea had cavorted , towards the French windows on the far side of his bedroom , and out into the garden . |
| 6 | He shook his head with spurious sympathy . |
| 7 | He shook his head in sheer admiration . |
| 8 | He shook his head in obvious disgust and stalked off , muttering . |
| 9 | He shook his head in mock disbelief , ‘ I must be going soft in my old age ! ’ |
| 10 | He shook his head in furious disbelief and Robyn felt herself tremble as he ran his fingers through his hair in a gesture of fury . |
| 11 | He shook his head in reluctant admiration . |
| 12 | He shook his head in angry bewilderment , then , in one swift easy movement , bent to hook his arm beneath her knees . |
| 13 | As the chants of the high-kicking girls continued and the mass of the crowd felt obliged to join in , he shook his head in well-simulated disbelief at such honour and held his hands high , palms outward , in a gesture to indicate there was no need to afford an insignificant junior Senator from Oklahoma such an ovation . |
| 14 | He shook his head in grim negation . |
| 15 | ‘ No , we 're not ending it yet , ’ Luke asserted harshly as he raised his head at last , a feverish glitter of triumph in his eyes as she moaned protestingly . |
| 16 | Then he took his head in both hands and raised it slowly and heavily . |
| 17 | He put his head on one side . |
| 18 | Then he put his head on one side and looked at Albert in an expectant way , like a dog waiting to be given a biscuit . |
| 19 | She moved her free arm to stop him inspecting but he put his head on one side . |
| 20 | He put his head on one side , but kept a straight face . |
| 21 | He put his head on one side again . |
| 22 | He put his head on one side . |
| 23 | He put his head on one side and regarded her . |
| 24 | ’ He put his head to one side as if he was thinking , closing one eye and giving his little grin . |
| 25 | He put his head to one side and regarded Amiss with interest . |
| 26 | He cocked his head to one side as if he had just realised something awful . |
| 27 | He cocked his head to one side and I could see that something had caught his attention . |
| 28 | He cocked his head on one side . |
| 29 | He cleared his head of false sensation and searched for the beginning . |
| 30 | He had his head in one hand and a cigarette in the other , but even the shock that Mickey was in fact human and a reformed drop-out from the Bronx failed to dispel the magic . |