Example sentences of "[coord] made for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice was low , but Oz slid off his chair immediately and made for the door . |
| 2 | With evident delight Mona smiled about her brightly and made for the door . |
| 3 | He sprang up at once and made for the door as if he 'd been propositioned by a dirty old man in a public convenience . |
| 4 | But as those boxing her in came away from the rails at the entrance to the home stretch she found a good run up the inside , and when Teleprompter ran out of stamina with just over a furlong to go Pat Eddery shot the favourite into the lead and made for the wire . |
| 5 | The leaders — Castle Falis , Princeful , Kapeno , Rondetto and Rutherfords — swept over Becher 's and made for the twenty-third fence , the smallest on the course and , though taken at a left-hand angle , a simple preliminary to the trappy right-angled bend to the left at the Canal Turn . |
| 6 | When the 850 patrons then rose en masse and made for the exits , the actors wondered what they 'd done wrong . |
| 7 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
| 8 | Maggie took a deep breath , and made for the tent entrance . |
| 9 | When darkness fell , the men drove off up the escarpment and made for the rendezvous , spreading themselves out as widely as possible . |
| 10 | Then he grabbed both cases and made for the airline counter to buy a ticket . |
| 11 | She was lifted out of her perch above the engine and made for the customs shed where she asked for a mirror so that she could restore order to her wrecked coiffure before she went into Paris . |
| 12 | She excused herself when halfway through the meal , and made for the ladies room . |
| 13 | At Mohnyin ten convalescent officers and twenty-eight men , the two faithful sergeants and myself got off the hospital train and made for the hospital of the BCMS where Dr Russell and the two nursing sisters took us all in and gave medical treatment to those needing it . |
| 14 | I was going to be late for Jack Mason and made for the door . |
| 15 | Carrie kissed her husband lightly on the cheek and made for the stairs . |
| 16 | Nothing terribly unusual about something slipping through a saleroom , yet five months earlier Sotheby 's had recently sold a similarly designed , if less beautiful , walnut writing desk by Pabst ( designed by the great Philadelphia architect Frank Furness and made for the Philadelphia philanthropist Henry C. Gibson ) . |
| 17 | We stomped down the stone steps to collect our sacks and made for the Upper Tier of the crag . |
| 18 | He paddled across awkwardly , his head tilted high out of the water , and made for the figwort . |
| 19 | ‘ That stupid foamhead , ’ she said , and made for the door . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , all done , ’ the Doctor said , and made for the bottom of the stairs . |
| 21 | ‘ Bon ! ’ as he pushed back his chair after a meal and made for the stairs and his own preoccupations . |
| 22 | Then she lifted her bag from the chair , turned the door handle with exaggerated care and made for the kitchen . |
| 23 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 24 | Laughing aloud , she took to her heels , and made for the outer doors . |
| 25 | He swung his umbrella over his shoulder and made for the exit . |
| 26 | He hoisted the contraption in his arms and made for the battlezone . |
| 27 | I turned , grabbed my dressing gown and made for the door ; with one mighty ninja kick , the side of my right foot connected with all three switches of the fan heater at the same time and it hummed into life . |
| 28 | In October Rupert at last slipped out and made for the Straits of Gibraltar . |
| 29 | She scooped up coffee-pot , bread-basket , jam-pots , Camembert , on to the tin tray , and made for the door . |
| 30 | Maurin , who had been longing for an excuse to escape , said he would go himself to attend to it and made for the door . |