Example sentences of "was [verb] at the head " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there was time , a roughly made cross was placed at the head of the dead soldier holding his beret or steel helmet . |
| 2 | To make matters tidy , Prince Rudolf of Habsburg was placed at the head of the committees to promote Bohemian culture . |
| 3 | At the end of the spacious triple-arched trainshed a heavily corniced three-storey frontage block was built at the head of twin flights of balustraded stairs rising to the entrance on the first floor . |
| 4 | The largest of the nine stones into which it was shaped , the largest Star of Africa ( 530.2 carats ) , was mounted at the head of the Sceptre with the Cross , the second , a cushion-shaped stone of 317.4 carats , was incorporated in the front of the Imperial State Crown ( see Frontispiece ) , displacing the Stuart sapphire , and the third and fourth were mounted in the consort 's crown . |
| 5 | Legion was seated at the head of the table , and to either side of her , and floated up near the ceiling . |
| 6 | Anthea Darnell , a tall dark stalagmite , was standing at the head of the table , with professor St John Goth on her immediate right . |
| 7 | Himmler was standing at the head of the great table flanked by Rossman and Berger . |
| 8 | As far as the Herbert interest was concerned , therefore , Gloucester was put at the head of an existing connection which he was expected to do little to modify . |
| 9 | As far as the Herbert interest was concerned , therefore , Gloucester was put at the head of an existing connection which he was expected to do little to modify . |
| 10 | When it did so , Smith was elected at the head of the poll . |