Example sentences of "and made for the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She excused herself when halfway through the meal , and made for the ladies room . |
| 2 | Maggie took a deep breath , and made for the tent entrance . |
| 3 | Nothing terribly unusual about something slipping through a saleroom , yet five months earlier Sotheby 's had recently sold a similarly designed , if less beautiful , walnut writing desk by Pabst ( designed by the great Philadelphia architect Frank Furness and made for the Philadelphia philanthropist Henry C. Gibson ) . |
| 4 | Off Whitstable , Glisseuse changed course and made for the Swale channel which leads between the Isle of Sheppey and the main Kent coast , a popular short cut into the Medway for small craft when the tide is right . |
| 5 | As Rex was currently at about five on the scale of ten he left Laura to steam gently and made for the cocktail cabinet . |
| 6 | Wycliffe joined the trippers on the pier and made for the Flushing ferry . |
| 7 | She let herself out softly by the family door , and made for the silver glimmer of water in haste . |
| 8 | Then he grabbed both cases and made for the airline counter to buy a ticket . |