Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] head on the block " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is not in your nature to put your head on the block ; so much I do know . |
| 2 | When the second prisoner was brought out , he placed his head on the block and exactly the same thing happened . |
| 3 | Next , they brought out the wally who placed his head on the block but , being a wally , he did it the wrong way , facing upwards instead of downwards . |
| 4 | Saying this lays my head on the block , because the modern climber is much better at small hold pulling and on jamming cracks , thrutchy chimneys and greasy grooves , than I am . |
| 5 | Very slowly , Mary put her head on the block . |
| 6 | Your mentor might lose his head on the block , or be handed a P45 in today 's language . |
| 7 | without protest from a parent , without a protest from a hunter without a protest from er a anyone else , that is a shame , because I tell you what , if you go drag hunting , you can keep the jobs the people are still going to have to shoe the horses traders and people like that are still going to have to produce the carriages to take the horses with them and the only people job jobs are in jeopardy are not the kennel staff it 's the terrier men and to be quite honest , ladies and gentlemen , it 's the terrier men who have actually ruined your sport , cos of what they get up to in nineteen ninety three is a disgust and at the end of the day your P R has been absolutely wrong and I hope this afternoon that Conservatives and Liberals can join with us and I 've got to thank a certain Liberal because he 's he 's put his head on the block on several occasions on this when we stood on the platform as individuals , not as politicians , as individuals on this and I think that this afternoon we 've got a way forward , we can say to the hunt , come and talk you change , we 'll give you access . |