Example sentences of "[pos pn] head [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My head bobbed out into the cold dry air . |
| 2 | I let my mouth fall open and set my glass down heavily on the table , allowing my head to fall back against the chair and my eyes to close , in the imitation of unconsciousness . |
| 3 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
| 4 | He struck me hard across the mouth so that my head cracked back against the bathroom wall . |
| 5 | Her head fell back against the chair and she fainted . |
| 6 | Today the trees have gone but the lead cast of the Stephen Tomlin sculpture of her head stares out from the garden towards the marshes . |
| 7 | Her head relaxed back on the pillow . |
| 8 | She gave him a quick amused glance , her head leaning back against the faded red of the alcove seat . |
| 9 | Her head sags back against the pillow . |
| 10 | Turning her head to look out of the window again , she felt her heart drumming with rage . |
| 11 | She let her head fall back on the pillow , her body arching in swift sensuousness , inviting and inciting the continuation of his caresses . |
| 12 | She closed her eyes and allowed her head to loll back against the pillow . |
| 13 | She deliberately turned her head to gaze out of the window once more . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't care for the notion that Paul Gray had his head cut off in the Cathedral . |
| 15 | His head came up from the bin , and his eyes looked like little flames of candle . |
| 16 | Still in his underclothes , Ebenezer lay sprawled across the bed , his head hanging down over the side , his one hand clawing at his throat . |
| 17 | She spotted Nahum Morey in his rented pew , his legs outstretched and his head tipped back against the wood as if he were concentrating on the sermon 's message , but she was suddenly aware that their eyes were meeting . |
| 18 | Andy takes the man 's calves under his armpits and lifts ; I get underneath and force the man 's shoulders up ; his head goes over onto the stone rim of the vent , beneath the grating . |
| 19 | ‘ It occurs to me … ’ he drawled , hesitating for a moment as he studied her intently from beneath his heavy eyelids , before turning his head to stare out of the window at the passing traffic . |
| 20 | The Maggot said with inappropriate exultation , then twisted his head to stare back at the island . |
| 21 | He was sitting in the deckchair Candy had vacated by the time she returned , and for a second she thought he had fallen asleep , his head tilted back against the wooden spar of the chair , his eyes closed , their long black lashes casting shadows on his cheeks . |
| 22 | And then Rufus was asleep , his head turned on to the muscle of his upper arm , the fingers that had been on Adam 's shoulder retracting as they relaxed . |