Word head in a sentence for each word

1. The film’s haunting musical theme stayed in my head for days.

2. Head for 44th Street, a few blocks east of Sixth Avenue.

3. He doesn’t have a head for heights .

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4. I don’t have a head for business.

5. Shaking your head for ‘No’ is not universal.

6. She drooped her head for shame.

7. He’s no head for heights.

8. I have a good head for figures.

9. Hearing the words, he hung down his head for shame.

10. Try to put it out of your head for the time being.

11. Try to put the exams out of your head for tonight.

12. She had no head for business, and it was not long before she went under.

13. A steeplejack has to have a good head for heights.

14. I’m afraid I don’t have a head for figures .

15. The idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper.

16. You’ll need to keep a clear head for your interview.

17. Head for the roller-coasters for a spine-chilling ride.

18. I head for the cove to inspect the damage.

19. We head for the local needle park.

20. Plunge in and head for the fire tower.

21. Pack a picnic lunch and head for the country.

22. With her direct manner and good head for business she was soon promoted.

23. Yet it never entered her head for a moment to think that Prince Charles was remotely interested in romance.

24. The other bands whispered that Joseph would now head for Lapwai, abandoning them as Lawyer had done.

25. He should go in for accounting because he has a good head for figures.

26. He was too trusting-or, to put it another way, he had no head for business.

27. I’m glad I followed my heart rather than my head for once.

28. Having arrived at seashore, she looks better and her feelings begin to head for herself.

29. I won’t have another drink, thanks. I need to have a clear head for my meeting in the morning.

30. Claire was the younger sister; square-jawed and stocky, the one with the head for business.

Write a sentence for each word/phrase.
1. (at the moment)
2. (on Sundays)
3. (in the summer)
4. (always)
5. (right now)
6. (in the winter)
7. (never)

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In English grammar, a head is the key word that determines the nature of a phrase (in contrast to any modifiers or determiners).

For example, in a noun phrase, the head is a noun or pronoun («a tiny sandwich«). In an adjective phrase, the head is an adjective («completely inadequate«). In an adverb phrase, the head is an adverb («quite clearly«).

A head is sometimes called a headword, though this term shouldn’t be confused with the more common use of headword to mean a word placed at the beginning of an entry in a glossary, dictionary, or other reference work.

Also Known As

head word (HW), governor

Examples and Observations

• «Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.»_{(Humphrey Bogart as Rick in Casablanca, 1942)}
• «As the leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man.»_{(Sydney Greenstreet as Senor Ferrari in Casablanca, 1942)}
• «The head of the noun phrase a big man is man, and it is the singular form of this item which relates to the co-occurrence of singular verb forms, such as is, walks, etc.; the head of the verb phrase has put is put, and it is this verb which accounts for the use of object and adverbial later in the sentence (e.g. put it there). In phrases such as men and women, either item could be the head.»_{(David Crystal, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Wiley-Blackwell, 2003)}

Testing for Heads

«Noun phrases must contain a head. Most frequently this will be a noun or pronoun, but occasionally it can be an adjective or determiner. The heads of noun phrases can be identified by three tests:

1. They cannot be deleted.

2. They can usually be replaced by a pronoun.

3. They can usually be made plural or singular (this may not be possible with proper names).

Only test 1 holds good for all heads: the results for 2 and 3 depend on the type of head.» _{(Jonathan Hope, Shakespeare’s Grammar. Bloomsbury, 2003)}

Determiners as Heads

«Determiners may be used as heads, as in the following examples:

Some arrived this morning.

I have never seen many.

He gave us two

Like third person pronouns these force us to refer back in the context to see what is being referred to. Some arrived this morning makes us ask ‘Some what?’, just as He arrived this morning makes us ask ‘Who did?’ But there is a difference. He stands in place of a whole noun phrase (e.g. the minister) while some is part of a noun phrase doing duty for the whole (e.g. some applications). . . .

«Most determiners occurring as heads are back-referring [that is, anaphoric]. The examples given above amply illustrate this point. However, they are not all so. This is especially the case with this, that, these, and those. For instance, the sentence Have you seen these before? could be spoken while the speaker is pointing to some newly built houses. He is then not referring ‘back’ to something mentioned, but referring ‘out’ to something outside the text [that is, exophora].»

_{(David J. Young, Introducing English Grammar. Taylor & Francis, 2003)} 

Narrower and Wider Definitions

«There are two main definitions [of head], one narrower and due largely to Bloomfield, the other wider and now more usual, following work by R.S. Jackendoff in the 1970s.

1. In the narrower definition, a phrase p has a head h if h alone can bear any syntactic function that p can bear. E.g. very cold can be replaced by cold in any construction: very cold water or cold water, I feel very cold or I feel cold. Therefore the adjective is its head and, by that token, the whole is an ‘adjective phrase.’

2. In the wider definition, a phrase p has a head h if the presence of h determines the range of syntactic functions that p can bear. E.g. the constructions into which on the table can enter are determined by the presence of a preposition, on. Therefore the preposition is its head and, by that token, it is a ‘prepositional phrase.'»