Example sentences of "headed for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 DAVID Mellor headed for the political wilderness yesterday by comparing himself to a great British hero .
2 But when they cast off Penry seemed reassuringly unconcerned , and sang under his breath as the Angharad headed for the turbulent stretch of sea separating Gullholm from the coast .
3 She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse .
4 Relations deteriorated further in late March as hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Kurdish refugees headed for the Iranian border .
5 Nails laughed , and headed for the industrial estate .
6 We headed for the 4th Squadron where we had been officially invited by some of the English members .
7 Shiona parked at the front , instead of at the side of the house where everyone normally parked their cars , and , pushing back her hair , headed for the front door .
8 As the fire was crackling into life she headed for the small lavatory in the hall .
9 The more the UK Vehicle Division restricted output , the more sure it headed for the final chop . ’
10 Abandoning an untouched plate of food , she headed for the nearest door .
11 He promptly turned off the by-pass and headed for the nearest hospital .
12 The , finally remembering all that I had been told , I capsized myself and grabbed onto the canoe and paddle and headed for the nearest bank .
13 But you need real people for a proper gloat so we headed for the cardboard suburb in the Strand .
14 He headed for the Seventh Day Adventist College , New Bold in Berkshire .
15 Leaving at midday he headed for the Tunisian coast in bad weather .
16 The hounds , however , having wriggled under and through the gate , were still running , streaming away from them across the next field as the fox headed for the nearby covert .
17 So I left Derek and Brian by the door of the pub and headed for the open country .
18 He took Sir Bryan 's rejected set of clubs back to the caddie-master 's hut and then headed for the Tented Village .
19 He headed for the main building , and the area of the basement where secure matter could be despatched back home .
20 At about 5.30pm on Sunday everybody shut off their music and headed for the main stage to hear the results .
21 I left him there , and headed for the next block .
22 I lay there for a minute recovering my cool and then headed for the back door .
23 I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks .
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