Example sentences of "were heading for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LABOUR 'S health spokesman , Mr Robin Cook , claimed during health questions that eye tests were dropping so steeply since charges were imposed earlier this year that they were heading for a fall of three million , but health minister Mrs Virginia Bottomley said the Government had not yet reviewed the effect of charges . |
| 2 | Wednesday , beaten twice by Dave Bassett 's outfit last season , were heading for a hat-trick of disasters until Hirst struck six minutes from time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |
| 8 | The bulldozers had turned round now and were heading for the bridge . |
| 9 | When Operation Gentle Shepherd swung into action for the second time , five of the six sperm whales were coaxed by 14 rescue vessels between the islands of Swona and South Ronaldsay and were heading for the Pentland Firth when they dived beneath the waves . |
| 10 | They were heading for the bullseye to begin with , but then the target started to accelerate it speeded up . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Some fifteen minutes after Thomas departed , accompanied by his small daughter , two elderly ladies were heading for the bakery to buy some salt . |