Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [pron] head " in BNC.
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1 | I sit scratching my head wondering what 's happened , and he puffs on one of those stinking cigars , telling me it was , obvious this would happen right back when I moved that pawn . |
2 | I tried to shake my head clear and take some more deep breaths . |
3 | It was a stupid thing to have done ; I 'd moved my head far too quickly for it to look natural , and the buck shot off up the bank . |
4 | When I 'd extracted my head from the carrying rope , Kāli untied the bale and started scooping up armloads of pine-needles and throwing them to the top of the pile . |
5 | Who is this Pat , by the way , or am I going to get my head bitten off as well ? ’ |
6 | So I stand shaking my head , making clucking noises . |
7 | I like having my head down in a border listening to conversations as visitors go past . |
8 | I got an elbow in the face as I went up for a header and I remember putting my head down and running straight into Bull 's back . |
9 | The wind and waves pushed me along as I struggled to keep my head above water . |
10 | Luckily , I am a good swimmer , so I managed to keep my head out of the milk . |
11 | May Jupiter forgive me for saying this Buddy - but I do think his head would go nice on your mantelpiece . |
12 | ‘ There is this ’ I said putting my head firmly into the noose , ‘ I wo n't let you down . |
13 | He had moved to kiss my mouth , but I had turned my head and he had kissed my cheek . |
14 | And it was rough going , and I had to watch my head and I had to watch where I was putting my feet . |
15 | My first memory is of falling off a rather high bed at the age of three years on the evening that my parents had moved into a house near the top of Hampstead Heath , and of my Father going off on his bicycle to search for a doctor as I had cut my head . |
16 | I had banged my head badly and it was bleeding but my father was more angry than I had ever seen him . |
17 | I had had my head shaved for the sake of hygiene the day before I left England . |
18 | Mr Delmo Vigna , who was lying in bed in his first-floor flat when the bomb went off , said : ‘ Just 20 minutes earlier , I had stuck my head out of the window to throw a bucket of water on the street to clean it . |
19 | But now with that well I 've done my head in ! |
20 | And he 's he 's turned over this and just gon na slap one on me and I 've turned my head and gone like that and he 's fucking caught me right on the fucking lips ! |
21 | The heavy stone head remained in Modigliani 's cluttered studio until one day Modi marched up to Indenbaum at the Rotonde and said baldly , ‘ I 've sold your head ’ . |
22 | mega bucks and the company had gone escalated and then opportunity of this guy , you know , saying what a super guy he was , what an entrepreneur and what he done is , you know , I 've had something head , you know , I 'm in charge and he put his feet on the desk there and he had a hole in his shoe and s spread across all the papers the next day was this guy with a hole in his shoe and this was a multi million pound corporate er corporate body , he could n't afford to buy a decent pair of shoes |
23 | ‘ For the last week I 've had my head into Irish files , got me ? |
24 | seemed er , as I 've washed my head and it was n't getting out with |
25 | ‘ I 've got his head here , ’ he said . |
26 | At the end of the day I 've got my head screwed on . |
27 | It 's a lovely evening and this walk is just what I need to clear my head , but let's leave it at that . ’ |
28 | ‘ With the peak covering my eyes like this I have to hold my head back to see where I 'm going or I 'd break my neck . ’ |
29 | I have to bend my head forward to squeeze in . |