Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] head [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peggy jerked her head in the direction of the ceiling , and Victoria said on a laugh , ‘ Yes , yes , I 'll take her tea up . |
| 2 | And from the resulting corner , Mark Stein got his head to the ball , it flashed across the face of the Wolves goal , bounced off the crossbar and the chance had gone . |
| 3 | The distraught protest ended in a sharp cry as fitzAlan 's open hand flashed out , striking her cheek with enough force to whip her head to the side . |
| 4 | They stood before it in perplexity , Edward banging his head against the plastic hood , and tried to work out what to do from the illustrative diagram shown , like foreign tourists . |
| 5 | Under it , Hector turned his head to the bride . |
| 6 | Frankie nodded his head in the dim light on the stairs . |
| 7 | Bernice popped her head over the rock . |
| 8 | Beegee popped her head into the tent . |
| 9 | One of the dads popped his head through the doorway . |
| 10 | The barman craned his head across the counter . |
| 11 | Before Keith had time to answer , Mrs Hollins stuck her head round the dining-room door . |
| 12 | Linda put her head round the door . |
| 13 | Now , with the massive harvests of the 1980s , when the superabundant corn bows its head along the banks of our chastened , canalized rivers , many of those who set out to tame the flood have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams . |
| 14 | The boy bent his head over the book with a docility unlike him . |
| 15 | Bragg and Morton had barely got back to their office when a young constable Poked his head round the door . |
| 16 | As Zen approached his office , the inspector who had been trying to trace Ubaldo Valesio 's movements poked his head around the door of the next room . |
| 17 | A scrawny little old lady poked her head from the doorway of a miniature trailer and fervently watched me advancing slowly towards her , moon-faced , a red neon light about my head flashing the word ‘ Sucker ’ on and off . |
| 18 | Outside , the guard shook his head at the antics of the scientists , disturbed only by the niggling sensation that he 'd overlooked something . |
| 19 | Mr. Mendez nodded his head to the side . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't know why you do n't get old Crumwallis to make you head of the boarding section , ’ said Onyx , dumping the baby down in its playpen and ignoring its grizzles of discontent . |
| 21 | Stephen poked his head into the kitchen where she was now checking the vegetables for the morrow . |
| 22 | Rory ducked his head below the roof to smother laughter . |
| 23 | David looked up then and Julia nodded her head in the direction of the drawing room , meaning ( as she knew David would understand ) that she wondered whether she should leave them alone . |
| 24 | Conchis raised his head above the surface . |
| 25 | I then drafted a statement for the management side and sent it by hand to Mellowes who was sufficiently impressed by this initiative to pop his head around the door an hour later with a look of something less than mistrust . |
| 26 | ‘ It is not in your nature to put your head on the block ; so much I do know . |
| 27 | Finch covered his head with the bedclothes and fingered some double-stopping on the mattress . |
| 28 | Mrs Patten put her head round the door . |
| 29 | Mary Donovan put her head round the door . |
| 30 | Duncan had his head inside the engine of a rather tasty BMW . |