Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] the head " in BNC.
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| 1 | A private collection of weapons confiscated from Manchester Scuttlers included ‘ old cutlasses , pokers , pieces of strap having iron bolts affixed to the end , the tops of stone ‘ pop ’ ’ bottles fastened at the end of a piece of string and used for whirling round the head , specially made pieces of iron … knives , and loaded sticks ' . |
| 2 | The result of marking with the head patch may sometimes be seen if a friendly cat on the other side of a window can be persuaded to approach and rub . |
| 3 | From the point of view of people seeking work , the kin group continues to provide a reliable and up-to-date information network and a means of getting to the head of the queue of potential employees . |
| 4 | He had a tame magpie which , in keeping with tradition , would occasionally steal shiny objects , and a short-eared brown owl which was quartered in his barn and developed a habit of flying at the heads of visitors and knocking off their hats . |
| 5 | Honestly , though , who out there has n't at several junctions been reduced by sleeplessness , exhaustion and sheer frustration into staring over the heads of your babies at the man who fathered them , and thinking what in hell 's name am I doing with this person ? |
| 6 | All the same , what would you think of these reasons for inserting a piece of autobiography into the second defence of the English people , a defence of course for cutting off the head of Charles the First . |
| 7 | The member of staff would make all decisions regarding letting with the head not involved in the process but retaining the power of final veto to be applied in sensitive cases ! |
| 8 | You can identify between the two by looking at the heads . |
| 9 | This is normally dealt with by specifying in the heads that all its contents are subject to contract except for specified paragraphs . |
| 10 | Thus The Telegraph under its new editor has sought to shed its Torygraph image by appealing over the heads of what Max Hastings described as his paper 's principal readership — ‘ the landed middle class ’ ( sic ) and ‘ a second tier of readers who live in suburban bungalows with caravans in the garden ’ — to the solvent young city ( or City ) based consumer via state-or-the-art computer graphics in last year 's ‘ Hitch-hiker 's Guide ’ tv ad campaign . |