Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] head on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I rested my head on the glass , and up went a pigeon . |
| 32 | With every thrust she gasped his name like an incantation , sensing his pleasure as the syllable burst from her love-swollen mouth , turning her head on the softness of the pillow spread with the sable blackness of her hair . |
| 33 | I eased off her sandals while he turned her head on the pillow and cupped his hand round her mouth . |
| 34 | She turned her head on the pillow and smiled at Emmie . |
| 35 | She turned her head on the pillow , so he could not properly see her face , only the Greuze-like line of her cheek . |
| 36 | She turned her head on the pillow and looked around . |
| 37 | There was a familiarity to it , but — Paige turned her head on the pillow as a band of light , growing wider , spread over the carpet . |
| 38 | But he would n't , and redoubled his efforts with her hand , using it as his instrument until she hated what he was doing so much that she shook her head on the pillow and whispered , " No — please — no ! " |
| 39 | Cati sounded snivelly , and Rosa smiled beatifically and shook her head on the pillow , in possession of a rare wisdom . |
| 40 | Disconsolately , she rested her head on the arms which were folded on the cot rail . |
| 41 | ‘ I 'm fine , but watch your head on the — ’ Too late . |
| 42 | So the best thing to do is to have it last thing at night as you plonk your head on the pillow . |
| 43 | ‘ Andrew had his defences down as Waterworth came across in front of me and hit him in the mouth and knocked his head on the floor . |
| 44 | An eruption of hissing spluttery steam , carrying wood and metal splinters and crusty bubbles of burnt floor , violently emits from his thought-crater and covers him in gritty black rubbish , the cruel knowledge flashes through to his spine spring which , uncoiling viciously , bashes his head on the back of the seat . |
| 45 | ‘ It is not in your nature to put your head on the block ; so much I do know . |
| 46 | It hit me and I fell , cutting my head on the door . |
| 47 | ’ ’ I 'm sure I 'm going to leave the ground and float up and hit my head on the ceiling , and all the time the voices are call ‘ DO IT DO IT DO IT … ’ |
| 48 | ‘ I hit my head on the kerb when I fell and when I went to hospital two days later they told me I had severe bruising of the brain , ’ said Walter after his Kempton win on Mithl Al Hawa . |
| 49 | I came down with quite a thud , and hit my head on the stair post . ’ |
| 50 | He says I hit my head on the ashtray . |
| 51 | Tess used to rest her head on the cow 's body , her eyes fixed on a distant field . |
| 52 | He turned to rest his head on the high stone mantel above the fire and she could see the broad shoulders outlined by the fiery light in the grate . |
| 53 | When the second prisoner was brought out , he placed his head on the block and exactly the same thing happened . |
| 54 | Next , they brought out the wally who placed his head on the block but , being a wally , he did it the wrong way , facing upwards instead of downwards . |
| 55 | He sat up quickly and hit his head on the eave . |
| 56 | ‘ Well , it seems he dived from the terrace and no one took much notice but he hit his head on the way down . |
| 57 | Well , Ace knocked that little idea flat but unfortunately himself as well as he hit his head on the door-frame trying to seek sanctuary in the pits . ’ |
| 58 | Brian was not wearing a seat belt , was thrown forward and hit his head on the windscreen . |
| 59 | Course he fell and hit his head on the washbasin . |
| 60 | Say , for example , ‘ You remember when you fell over and hit your head on the door — well , that 's how Jimmy felt when you just hit him . ’ |