Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] heading for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |
| 2 | Grabbing a robe and a towel , she was heading for the shower when someone tapped quietly at the cabin door . |
| 3 | She was heading for the supermercado when a flaxen-haired man with a teak-dark tan waved vigorously from beyond a group of onlookers on the opposite side of the square . |
| 4 | We were heading for the Westerman Islands on the far south-east corner of Iceland and a front came in faster than Robin Knox-Johnston , the skipper , had anticipated . |
| 5 | At the height of the romance , the pair were inseparable and it was obvious to family and friends that they were heading for the altar . |
| 6 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |
| 7 | Their destination could only be guessed at , but by their line of march through upper Clydesdale it looked as though they were heading for the West March , possibly even Galloway . |
| 8 | They were heading for the bullseye to begin with , but then the target started to accelerate it speeded up . |
| 9 | Norman Fowler 's speech was far too left-wing for them , so they were heading for the ‘ Hedgehog and Hogshead ’ , a railway pub north of the main Brighton railway station . |
| 10 | They were heading for the besieged Bosnian town of Travnik but never reached it . |
| 11 | He then worked as the third man on the management side at Middlesbrough , under Bruce Rioch and Colin Todd before joining Darlington , as they were heading for the GM Vauxhall Conference , three years ago . |
| 12 | It is believed they were heading for the South Shields area when they disappeared Witness plea : Police have appealed for witnesses to a disturbance in the Albert Street and Princess Square area of central Harrogate on Friday . |
| 13 | Crossing the room as though he were heading for the wardrobe , Angel Four suddenly changed direction , took two swift paces to his right , seized the curtains with both hands and jerked them open . |
| 14 | Ahead and around him as he drifted forward , the melodic light was increasing gradually , growing stronger and brighter as though he were heading for the source . |
| 15 | He smacked the ball and it was heading for the roof of the net but it hit a west ham player on the head and almost knocked his head off ! |
| 16 | He was heading for the villa but not on the drive itself . |
| 17 | He was heading for the North Sea coast , which he would cross near Terschelling then follow for a while before turning in for the approach to Aalborg . |
| 18 | Then , on sharp , swift strides he was heading for the door , while Shiona continued to stand where she was , rock still , as though rooted to the floor . |
| 19 | Everyone was heading for the bedroom from which had come the screams . |