Example sentences of "head down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I prefer to keep our heads down for the moment . |
| 2 | Anyway , the people she met were all in a hurry , striding along with heads down in the rain , and no one appeared to notice her . |
| 3 | It is sometimes very strange to see an AIB Engineering Inspector and an RAF doctor with their heads down inside the wreckage of a crashed aircraft in the AIB hangar at Farnborough , arguing , discussing or merely agreeing that this or that component is not strong enough to sustain survivable crash forces on a row of seats or that a part of the galley constitutes a lethal hazard against which passengers could suffer injury in a crash . |
| 4 | From so from the pit head down to the face ? |
| 5 | Grasp the heel , and , bending the torso , push the head down to the knees . |
| 6 | Through my head down to the centre of the earth : |
| 7 | In a fast sweep her eyes ran from the top of his dark head down to the tips of his elegant feet , and she bit back a groan as she realised that that tempting glimpse of his body had done nothing to prepare her for Luke Calder in the magnificent flesh . |
| 8 | Probably cos we 've had to walk with my head down with the rain all the time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Suddenly she wanted to put her head down on the big table and howl with misery . |
| 11 | Then she put her head down on the table and wept unrestrainedly , the feathers of her hat dipping unnoticed into his coffee . |
| 12 | She was so weary that it was all she could do not to put her head down on the table and close her eyes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | To forestall any such eventuality he bent his head down towards the rug and growled into it , as loudly as he dared , ‘ One move from you and you 're a goner , ’ underlying the threat by prodding the body with his boot . |
| 15 | If a group anticipates no response at all , a blunt refusal , or even an attack upon its very integrity , then it makes good sense to keep its political head down below the level of activity . |
| 16 | The way he stood , I remarked to the Reverend Feather , the way he bowed his head down over the loss of your mother , Stephen . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Grant ducked his head down through the gap and checked to make sure the corridor below was empty . |
| 19 | In answer she shrugged the thin silk robe from her shoulders , then drew his head down into the cushion of her breasts , curling her legs about him . |
| 20 | It bucked and screamed , then charged head down into the blackness of the space between the high walls . |
| 21 | Preston took the head down from the shelf . |
| 22 | Half the Highlanders ran away at Culloden without striking a blow ; and as for ‘ man to man ’ — if you did n't keep your bliddy head down in the trenches , you got it blown off in half a second . ’ |
| 23 | She collapsed onto a stool and laid her head down among the bits of cotton wool and the sticks of greasepaint . |