Example sentences of "[verb] his head on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , on his way to meet the Prime Minister , Mr Delors bumped his head on the car waiting for him at Heathrow . |
| 2 | He picked it up , banging his head on the bowl . |
| 3 | The hand grabbed Arthur 's shirt front and tie in a vice like grip , and yanked him forward almost banging his head on the glass . |
| 4 | He was banging his head on the post and shouting . |
| 5 | And he kept banging his head on the ceiling ! |
| 6 | either that or banging his head on the wall ! |
| 7 | Dad had fallen and cracked his head on the fireplace . |
| 8 | Train driver Graham Lumsden , of Duke Street , Hartlepool , said he was driving the train from Port Clarence to Thornaby and was approaching the North Shore signal box , about a quarter-of-a-mile north of Stockton station , when he saw a dark-haired male dash out from some bushes and place his head on the line . |
| 9 | He cracked his head on the trapdoor beneath the golden pavilion and fell to the floor like a lopped tree . |
| 10 | There is , however , a large variety of killings which lie above that line but below the line demarcating murder : a killing in which D knew there was a risk of death , but was held not to have intended death or grievous bodily harm , would fall within involuntary manslaughter and might justify a high sentence ; whereas a killing in which D pushed a person during an argument in the street and the person fell backwards , cracking his head on the kerb and dying from a brain haemorrhage , might also fall within involuntary manslaughter and might justify a low sentence . |
| 11 | He holds his hands passively forwards , and places his head on the carer 's shoulder , on the side away from the chair . |
| 12 | He banged his head on the beam at the top of the stairs . |
| 13 | She banged his head on the till and slammed the drawer on his hand , before he ran off almost empty-handed . |
| 14 | She banged his head on the till , slamming his hand in the drawer , and he ran off with only half a 20 pound note . |
| 15 | I catch his head on the tilt , and he rights it without shame , showing only a flicker of annoyance at not catching a snippet of a sight . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | When the second prisoner was brought out , he placed his head on the block and exactly the same thing happened . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He sat up quickly and hit his head on the eave . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , it seems he dived from the terrace and no one took much notice but he hit his head on the way down . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | Brian was not wearing a seat belt , was thrown forward and hit his head on the windscreen . |
| 25 | Course he fell and hit his head on the washbasin . |
| 26 | The light was poor in the Collector 's bedroom and Fleury might not have noticed how red and swollen his face was , had the Collector not presently fallen sideways , rapping his head on the floor . |
| 27 | It was like a Tom and Jerry cartoon to see him bang his head on the door , bounce back , look a little dazed , and then remember the terrifying ‘ nightmare ’ he was escaping from , and shoot for cover behind the sofa . |
| 28 | It 's thought he may have fallen and hit his head on the kerb . |
| 29 | If there was to be any relationship , she wanted to see his head on the pillow most mornings . |
| 30 | Jim , seated , or perched on his chair , could not settle , but got up and stumbled about , laughing helplessly , or sat and laid his head on the table and laughed , sounding as if he wept , then in an excess of happiness and gratitude , banged his two fists on either side of his head , which banging turned into a little sharp jubilant rhythm . |