Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] head on the " in BNC.

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1 either that or banging his head on the wall !
2 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 .
3 You will fall on yourself and bang your head on the radiator when you step backwards .
4 She tried to get up on all fours , and bumped her head on the underside of the bed .
5 Unable to save herself , with a startled cry she pitched forward , tumbling down the remaining stairs and banging her head on the stone floor .
6 He holds his hands passively forwards , and places his head on the carer 's shoulder , on the side away from the chair .
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 ‘ I 'm afraid of slipping in the dark and cracking my head on the edge of the bunker , ’ I had said .
10 Cati sounded snivelly , and Rosa smiled beatifically and shook her head on the pillow , in possession of a rare wisdom .
11 ‘ 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 .
12 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 . ’
13 ’ ’ 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 … ’
14 I came down with quite a thud , and hit my head on the stair post . ’
15 He sat up quickly and hit his head on the eave .
16 Brian was not wearing a seat belt , was thrown forward and hit his head on the windscreen .
17 Course he fell and hit his head on the washbasin .
18 It 's thought he may have fallen and hit his head on the kerb .
19 She broke down again and put her head on the older woman 's shoulder .
20 There she sat down and put her head on the desk , with her arms over it .
21 ‘ I 'm fine , but watch your head on the — ’ Too late .
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