Example sentences of "[pron] head [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put my head out of the rear door of the dining car and , looking forward , saw all the passengers climbing upwards into the sleeping cars , with porters following after with their bags . |
| 2 | As he brushed past her , she dropped her head on to the cold stone of the tomb . |
| 3 | Sliding into the scented water , she laid her head back against the cool surface of the bath , willing the heat to relax her tired and knotted muscles . |
| 4 | She rested her head back against the soft leather seat , watching the patterns formed by the trees against the night sky as they drove steadily back to the road . |
| 5 | The move completed , Paige sank to the ground and rested her head back against the rising bulk of a tree . |
| 6 | She leant her head back against the hard cushion on the swivel chair , not bothering to open her eyes when the door opened again . |
| 7 | Robyn sat on the bed and tipped two tablets into the palm of her hand , resisting the need to lay her head down on the cool pillow . |
| 8 | Suddenly she wanted to put her head down on the big table and howl with misery . |
| 9 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
| 10 | The girl stuck her head out into the main office and called across the room . |
| 11 | She came to the window when he pressed the button on the entryphone , poking her head out of the lower half of the opened sash window , through dark brown curtains . |
| 12 | THE ELBOW was propped on a window sill as a woman stuck her head out through the open casement . |
| 13 | So I drove to Portsmouth expecting a great camel of the ocean , a small luxury liner even , at least a boat that could hold its head up in the seafaring world . |
| 14 | He climbed on one side of the desks , stood on tiptoe , and , forcing up the skylight , eased his head through into the icy December wind . |
| 15 | The busy sputter of a Vespa came rocking round the bulk of the house , and the young man of the custodian 's box put his head in at the open door , gave Charlotte a brief , blank glance , and asked briskly : ‘ Where is he ? ’ |
| 16 | A man who 's never been afraid to stick his head in among the flying boots , Moran 's medical records are thicker — and gorier — than a short horror novel . |
| 17 | The Prime Minister had his head down for the vast majority of the speech , assiduously following the whole of the 57 pages either to avoid the accusatory , glaring eyes of the Opposition or to check that his Chancellor did not deviate from the text . |