Example sentences of "heading back [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned my back on the lochan and walked a dozen paces away from the edge before heading back towards the road . |
| 2 | But yesterday , on his 91st birthday , Trafford , whose wife died in sheltered accommodation four years ago , told a community nursing conference in London that , though a Tory voter all his life who thought most of what Mrs Thatcher was doing was good , he saw a danger that old people might be heading back towards the workhouse if the Government went ahead with NHS cuts and changes in community care . |
| 3 | She offered him the half-smoked burnie but he batted it angrily from her fingers before heading back towards the concourse . |
| 4 | The dog had lost interest and was heading back towards the kitchen . |
| 5 | Hitch held her gaze until he heard Plummer heading back towards the kitchen . |
| 6 | Then , like a whirlwind , he was storming off through the garden , heading back towards the villa . |
| 7 | She watched him walk away along the corridor heading back towards the club , her heart feeling lighter than it had for the past week . |
| 8 | The triplet , reunited with its mother , was heading back towards the flock that was bunched up against the top fence . |
| 9 | And then , before they could answer , she had turned away and was heading back towards the bridge . |
| 10 | Great palls of smoke lifted above the distant horizon , turning the dawn 's light ochre , while , two li out , a convoy of transporters sped westwards , heading back towards the safety of the City . |
| 11 | Tillard and Royal Marine Lt. R.C. Hay , spotted another Z.506B as they were heading back towards the carrier , and attacked . |
| 12 | I reckon that at the very least , £1 million will be heading back into the game over the next 10 years thanks to the WRU 's shrewd deal in supplying Burton with 500 tickets for every Arms Park international , plus their cup final . |
| 13 | He doffed his cap as we marched past , and a few paces further on we negotiated the turn and were heading back along the road on the other side of the village green towards the saluting base . |
| 14 | ‘ Christ , they were quick off the mark , Piper , ’ remarked the driver , swinging the jeep round and heading back along the road to Brigade H.Q. Nos. 3 and 6 Commando were pulling out as we entered the village ; no sign of 45 Royal Marine Commando . |
| 15 | Apart from the porter , who was now heading back to a door marked Waiting Room , the platform was bare . |
| 16 | You 're in the mood for a long spell at the crease , but the penis decides that it ca n't wait to get the game over and done with before heading back to the pavilion to put its feet up on the couch . |
| 17 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
| 18 | Mr Hyslop had had little idea how badly he was injured until he was heading back to the station in the van . |
| 19 | The picturesque Neumarkt is worth a visit before heading back to the Limmatquai . |
| 20 | It was breathtakingly beautiful , but the sheer drop left them with no option but to make their way into the forest to bypass the hazard before heading back to the river again . |
| 21 | La Dolce vita had turned unimaginably sour and it was not long before the Italian stallions were heading back to the English First Division . |
| 22 | The Doctor and Blake walked down an alleyway heading back to the entrance to hell . |
| 23 | For a moment I thought of getting on my joke transport and heading back to the East Oxford slums where I belonged . |
| 24 | Twenty minutes later they were on their way , the three of them piling into the big black Mercedes and heading back to the railway station . |
| 25 | The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung . |
| 26 | And then Cardiff turned , heading back for the reception . |
| 27 | Perhaps we are heading back in a full-circle towards the days of Victorian philanthropy — Back towards the days before state provision when organisations like Barnardos , the Salvation Army and the C.O.S. were the dominant providers . |
| 28 | He was now heading back in the direction of New York City , by circling the perimeter of the vast estate . |