Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] head [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was resting her head on his shoulder . |
| 2 | In the light of that recognition , he can not dismiss as mere fantasy the sense we all have that it would be an unnatural organization of our nature if some slight personal desire was given its head against benevolent concern with some major aspect of the welfare of others . |
| 3 | He was hanging his head over the edge of the bed and wondering what to do next when a spring burst in the mattress . |
| 4 | The man had his fingers around the woman 's throat and was banging her head against the back of the seat . |
| 5 | He was banging his head on the post and shouting . |
| 6 | The sixth medium featured on the tape , recorded in January last year , said the dog she ‘ saw ’ had a short tail and was pushing her head into Tom 's hand , which Tom confirmed as typical Border Terrier behaviour . |
| 7 | He was examining her head with careful hands , feeling gently for possible wounds . |
| 8 | But just as she was burying her head beneath the blanket in utter dejection Ella came to bed , and she passed on the most extraordinary piece of news . |
| 9 | With the other hand , Garvey was scratching his head in puzzlement . |
| 10 | The khthon was rocking his head to and fro . |
| 11 | Ben was nodding his head towards Aggie now . |
| 12 | Then , as she nodded , believing him , her heart wildly rejoicing , with a soft sigh he was bending his head towards her , his fingers in her hair , his lips claiming hers . |
| 13 | And she would n't have it brushed and she was shaking her head about when you tried to brush it so . |
| 14 | Her mother was shaking her head in mystification , glancing round the lunch-table . |
| 15 | Willoughby was shaking his head at the stenographer . |
| 16 | Bellamy was shaking his head in a daze . |
| 17 | I had one arm around his neck and was leaning my head against his chest . |
| 18 | And it was leaning his head on Mrs Crumwallis 's bosom that , ten minutes later , Hilary Frome expired . |
| 19 | He was sitting on a bench , his face and shirt streaked with dirt and dried blood , and he was leaning his head against the wall , his eyes closed . |
| 20 | He was swaying his head in time to the Arab song . |
| 21 | The fall itself did n't kill her — it was hitting her head on the stanchion ; Georgina could n't have planned that . ’ |
| 22 | The drone was orbiting his head like a dizziness star in an ancient cartoon . |