Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] at the head " in BNC.
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| 1 | On being relieved , the decoration parade , with a general galloping at the head of his elegant staff past the tattered and gap-ridden ranks of the 151st , seemed to young Campana ‘ the most beautiful day of my life ’ . |
| 2 | She saw the old man who had accosted her on her walk that afternoon proceeding at the head of a little posse consisting of a neatly dressed man , a woman with untidy hair and a couple of children . |
| 3 | Such enthusiasm , John Campbell thought wryly , taking his sister 's hand to lead her towards Abbot Kenneth standing waiting at the head of the hall . |
| 4 | Salt mining at the head of the Nam Siew river has made parts of the river twice as salty as the sea . |
| 5 | As his English guest turned at the door of his study to bow to the Romanian head of state before leaving his presence , he saw that Ceauşescu was holding out his fingers in the shape of a gun pointing at the head of his own interpreter ! |