Example sentences of "head and [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They started doing ‘ breakdown ’ [ lifting the boys above their heads and dropping them on the ground ] . |
| 2 | Alejandro was all for putting a bullet through this she-devil 's head and dispatching her to the nearest abattoir . |
| 3 | Now the new pope , Innocent , was escorted to the front of the basilica where on a platform in full view of the people , he was crowned with the tiara , the senior deacon ( i.e. the archdeacon ) removing the mitre from the pope 's head and replacing it with the tiara . |
| 4 | He thought again of the bank account in Tel Aviv , manipulating figures in his head and converting them into possessions and acquisitions . |
| 5 | He made the gesture of someone sleeping , tilting his head and laying it on his hands , and smiling peacefully . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh God , it 's going to be a terrible place ! ’ cries Howard to his fellow-guests around the Chases ' dinner table , holding his head and rocking it from side to side in humorous despair . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's the severing of the head and placing it in the font which is so brutal , is n't it ? |
| 8 | ‘ It 's called feminism , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I hope you never get it , because it is absolutely awful and it makes you swell up to an enormous size and when you have it really badly you go round bonking men on the head and blaming them for everything . |
| 9 | ‘ Harry , sticking a bucket over some citizen 's head and beating it with a broomstick is not going to advance your career . ’ |