Example sentences of "[noun pl] head for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japan 's chip-makers head for the good life |
| 2 | Motorways and high streets around the country ground to a halt as shoppers headed for the stores . |
| 3 | Among the happiest band of travellers are 5,000 St Johnstone fans heading for the seaside and a match against Ayr United which will decide the First Division Championship . |
| 4 | Police and motoring organisations warned that drivers heading for the capital are certain to face lengthy delays as thousands of extra people take to the roads . |
| 5 | So saying he set off with Rob and Tess at his heels to head for the high moor . |
| 6 | The following day , the visitors headed for the field and toured LASMO 's Santiago field gathering and pumping facility . |
| 7 | Relations deteriorated further in late March as hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Kurdish refugees headed for the Iranian border . |
| 8 | What little research has been done in this area suggests that the proportion of deprived youngsters heading for the great outdoors is disproportionately low . |
| 9 | Army movements began at 9 a.m. , with columns heading for the Austrian , Italian and Hungarian borders of Slovenia . |
| 10 | about the army helicopters heading for the clouds ? |
| 11 | In October the Hamoaze was filled with ships bearing the first contingent of Canadians heading for the front . |
| 12 | When it is time to relax and really get away from it all , Italians head for the hills and the spectacular scenery for our country 's lakes and mountains . |
| 13 | Briefing completed , pilots head for the aircraft While aircraft commanders complete the last-minute documentation . |
| 14 | The potential customers are hungry Phoenix developers and construction workers heading for the battered remains of Kuwait city . |
| 15 | In the nineteenth century , Italians and Alsatians heading for the New World arrived and departed via the great Paris terminals . |
| 16 | I made tea for him as he worked , watching a vee of geese heading for the interior as the kettle boiled . |
| 17 | There 's an 18 hole golf course that 's held in high regard by professionals , stables where treks head for the hills , tennis courts , mountain bikes , and of course mile after mile of wonderful alpine scenery to walk or run through . |
| 18 | There are countless individual stories encapsulated in the photographs of migrant workers arriving at Continental stations or commuters pouring into the London termini , of the Jews being herded on to trains headed for the death-camps , or of armies departing for half a dozen different wars — the brave , cheerful , youthful faces of a nation 's young men heading off for the rendezvous with destiny . |
| 19 | Entire neighbourhoods headed for the unexpected one-way potlatch . |
| 20 | Just like trippers heading for the Isle of Wight , they had packed their picnic baskets and sat chatting on deck as their excited children played . |
| 21 | Des Koogan would have his work cut out to keep at bay all the reporters and photographers heading for the college , Loretta thought with the ghost of a smile . |
| 22 | Mention the name Paul Reed Smith and most people 's wallets head for the hills . |
| 23 | By the outbreak of World War II rather more was being made of the ceremony itself , but it would appear that the reasons given by working class couples heading for the altar were still somewhat pragmatic . |
| 24 | They will defend themselves if attacked , and will speak if spoken to or if the adventurers head for the spiral staircase opposite . |
| 25 | The boys headed for the tea-table , not quite hurrying , with the two umpires strolling behind and a frigid few paces apart . |
| 26 | Soon the Marines were pouring through , blazing at the enemy as they split into groups to head for the fuel tanks , the gas drums and other targets . |
| 27 | The Burgage is close to Cheltenham race course and race goers heading for the first day of the Cheltenham Gold Cup meeting were diverted away from the murder house . |