Example sentences of "making for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're probably making for the cool thickets on this side of the river to avoid the heat . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll be off , ’ said McIntyre hastily , making for the outer stairs to the street from the basement . |
| 3 | While the following day 's mixed owner sale was also successful , it was also business as usual with greedy consignors and less than spectacular goods making for the usual ups and downs . |
| 4 | I crept downstairs and was outside and successfully making for the front gate when Ted sprinted around the side of the house and grabbed me . |
| 5 | The three squads making for the northern caisson , including Bob Burtenshaw 's men who were not needed at the southern caisson , were less fortunate . |
| 6 | When she failed to respond the French cutter opened fire with her bow chaser , hitting the superstructure of Sea Rover which by then was obviously making for the English coast . |
| 7 | l9 Moreover , the kairos approach can not speak to the fact of an all-male priesthood ( which God is supposed to have given to His church and to have been adequate in past ages ) precisely having been one of the factors making for the secondary position of women in society . |
| 8 | He thrust it into the man 's hands and strode past him , making for the open doorway set in the centre of the long white portico that ran the length of the house . |