1.   Ancient women sat in darkened eighteenth- and nineteenth-century doorways, heads covered in kerchiefs or round-brimmed hats like up-ended pudding basins.

2.   Groaning, Tommy curled himself up into a ball, his hands covering his head.

3.   He had been born with the caul, the inner fetal membrane had covered his head at birth.

4.   His head was covered by a tarred leather hood.

5.   In their more extravagant flights of fancy the choice thus offered to the voter is extended to cover specific heads of policy.

6.   Later yet we are herded down to the basement, told to crouch and to cover our heads with our arms.

7.   Murrell, a grey blanket covering his head, was driven away in a green Rover to begin the motorway dash.

8.   She ran upstairs to the bathroom, covered her head with a towel and spoke to the cold white wall.

9.   Stacy hands her a towel, and Jess covers her head with it.

10.   You count on Elarton and Reynolds, then cover your head and hope about Lima.