Example sentences of "heading for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The rift between the two brothers recalls the one between Cain and Abel and would seem at first to be heading for a similar conclusion . |
2 | A few years ago , we were walking in the mountains to the south of Loch Tummel , heading for a tiny water called Loch a'Chait , a hard tramp uphill from Lick . |
3 | The lone cyclist , the donkey rider heading for a distant horizon : wherever they are going the eye can not follow . |
4 | TEAM up with Richard Gere and Kim Basinger and you could be heading for a super holiday in San Francisco . |
5 | Fashion designer , Finn McGill , is heading for a brilliant career when her mother falls ill and she decides to turn her back on Paris to return to her home town , Belfast . |
6 | Likewise , here she was now , years later , in Schiaparelli , heading for a fateful encounter which would completely and utterly change her life , my life , all our lives . |
7 | Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next . |
8 | As for the Socialists , they have been told so often that they are heading for a total rout that they will actually be relieved if they manage to get the 20 per cent which the last polls were predicting . |
9 | Isobel nodded , her lips compressed , and then said : ‘ Yes , that ghastly , fat Humpty Dumpty is heading for a great fall , poor thing . |
10 | If you 're a Libran who just has to say what 's on your mind come hell or high water you could be heading for a stormy time . |
11 | Cyril himself , heading for a personal century , is considering a declaration , unsure if 1992 will be his last year . |
12 | I am heading for a wilding apple tree I discovered last year — sniffed out , actually , since its lemon-yellow fruits smelt deliciously of quince and scented the air for dozens of yards around . |
13 | And tears of farewell.The Bosnians heading for a new life . |
14 | It is at this point that the system is heading for a new crisis . |
15 | I said she I think she 's heading for a nervous breakdown . |
16 | THE right-wing challenger Glafcos Clerides appeared to be heading for a narrow victory last night in a Cyprus presidential election which could be crucial for the future of the divided island . |
17 | You 're heading for a nasty fall — into the fiery furnace of damnation . |
18 | Richard said : ‘ I was heading for a perfect landing , but leaned back and landed flat . |
19 | ‘ You 're heading for a bad attack of sunburn . ’ |
20 | He was heading for a particular corner seat in the staff common room . |
21 | Before it collects a penny in gate money — and the match is heading for a full house — the Scottish Football Association will pocket £450,000 from the sale of trackside advertising to German companies . |
22 | It is heading for a thumping loss of more than FF700m ( about £85m ) this year and if you believe all the doomsters and gloomsters , the vultures are already circling over the lovable animated characters created by the legendary Walt Disney . |
23 | SIR — On the BBC World Service news , at 0300 local time , the headlines began by stating that ‘ the ruling Conservative Party were heading for a massive defeat in the British General Election ’ . |
24 | Tom handed the reins to Carrie and leaped from the light cart , heading for a nearby cottage . |
25 | Molassi seemed to be heading for a large structure . |
26 | We were heading for a little cluster of figures round something on the beach . |
27 | The Government could be heading for a damaging backbench revolt of Scottish Tories if it rejects Rosyth . |
28 | Smoke coming from a normally disused building , a vehicle heading for a deserted spot . |
29 | On board were hundreds of campaigners heading for a national demonstration against the government 's rail privatisation plans . |
30 | The surprise for well-fed French bureaucrats heading for a busy day paper shuffling at the European Commission was lightened only by the inclusion of croissants as a side course . |