head first

• “If he'd known I was going to be on the case he'd have died head first down an unemptied privy bucket.”

  Hard Frost

• “It was too comical to see her put on my bonnet and cock her head first on one side, then on the other, and look in the mirror, just as if she could see.”

  The Story of My Life

• “They had me as if on show, and it was only by the most wonderful perseverance and good luck that I found myself going head first along the corridor leading to the hall itself.”

  The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins

• “I was close to the tail of a large elephant, who was picking his way carefully over the treacherous surface, and I was waiting for an opportunity for a shot should he turn his head, when I suddenly pitched head first into one of these rocky holes.”

  The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon

• “He landed head first in a flower-bed and broke his neck.”

  Gridlock

• “He stumbled over something and fell head first into the water.”

  The Venus Trap

• “He lurched forward - too far - tripped over his official robes, and fell head first into the roaring fire.”

  Dragons of Autumn Twilight

• “Here he would sometimes sit down and gravely watch the proceedings, cocking his head first on one side, then on the other, but usually he would rush into the ranks to find his master, getting under the feet of the men, who in consequence lost step and got out of line, of course becoming very angry.”

  Memories

• “An instant later the raider was flying through the air to land with a splintering of glass head first against the show case.”

  Best Detective Stories

• “In the moonlight his brown body gleamed for an instant as it turned in a perfect jack - knife dive, to crash head first on to the tiled floor below.”

  Best Detective Stories

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