Example sentences of "head and [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trapped like a guilty thing between them , Frankie lowered his head and took another bite from his worm-cake . |
| 2 | Bernard 's mother was not accustomed to such questions : she shook her head and took another fag and another cup of tea and longed to be off to stay with her eldest son . |
| 3 | Tatum , dressed in a black velvet coat and patterned trousers , lowered her head and brushed past photographers as she went back inside . |
| 4 | She pulled the towel over her head and had another weep — a good one this time to get it out of her system . |
| 5 | Neil shook his head and made some gesture which I could not interpret , but as it was obvious that he , too , had seen Stormy Petrel and knew what he was about , I let it be . |
| 6 | The old dragon turned its head and sent another blast of cauterising flame towards the daemon , searing its flesh . |
| 7 | " You look like — " Graham shook his head and waved one hand at Slater 's jeans and footwear , and spared a glance for his cap . |
| 8 | Then , quite unexpectedly , he took a clubbing right hand to the head and lost complete co-ordination . |
| 9 | He lifted his head and opened one eye . |
| 10 | Andrew , the original stand-off against Southland , received a blow on the nose and his replacement Barnes was kicked in the head and needed 12 stitches . |
| 11 | Which , of course , momentarily , it did : ‘ Two weeks , ’ she boldly and brightly continued , breaking the trance like stillness with a frisky movement of her head and braceleted right arm , ‘ yes , two weeks , in Kyoto and Osaka , it should be quite fascinating , quite an opportunity to see a completely different culture , of course it relates to our own work at the Institute in a very particular way , it seems that there has been a considerable amount of research done in the department we are visiting on the problems of adoption and stepparents . |