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 | 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 . |
| 7 | As the fire was crackling into life she headed for the small lavatory in the hall . |
| 8 | The more the UK Vehicle Division restricted output , the more sure it headed for the final chop . ’ |
| 9 | But you need real people for a proper gloat so we headed for the cardboard suburb in the Strand . |
| 10 | Leaving at midday he headed for the Tunisian coast in bad weather . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | So I left Derek and Brian by the door of the pub and headed for the open country . |
| 13 | He took Sir Bryan 's rejected set of clubs back to the caddie-master 's hut and then headed for the Tented Village . |
| 14 | He headed for the main building , and the area of the basement where secure matter could be despatched back home . |
| 15 | At about 5.30pm on Sunday everybody shut off their music and headed for the main stage to hear the results . |
| 16 | I lay there for a minute recovering my cool and then headed for the back door . |
| 17 | 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 . |