How could anything take a direct hit in the head and live?

The other part took him a minute, in his head, to set up.

The cancer now took a back seat in my head.

"The chief took a bullet in the head last night."

A plan was beginning to take shape in my head, but I didn't rush it.

"When you're used to a certain standard of living, that's like taking a gun and shooting me in my head."

Nothing takes place in the head or in the body.

One wounded man tried to crawl away, and took a round in the head.

They blew two leads yesterday, and their coach took a shot in the head.

Her eldest son took a bullet in the head several months ago.