Example sentences of "[conj] head [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they finally leave the city and head out for the open road , Billy the Kid says , ‘ We made it , did n't we ? ’ |
| 2 | It 's not only the alcohol that 's suffered from self-enforced cutbacks : the Franks ( ironically enough ) used to be a Martini band — any gig , any town , any night , they 'd pack their guitars and socks and head off into the Tranzophobic sunset , until exhaustion fully reared its head and the heart decided that home was definitely the place to be . |
| 3 | Ranulf sprang up , pleased to abandon the fresh air of the country and head back to the seamy streets of London and the rounded pleasure-giving body of Mistress Semplar . |
| 4 | Without a word , I restarted the motor and headed back to the mooring bay , half a mile distant , encouraged by a running commentary : ‘ Why are we going in ? |
| 5 | After a cursory ‘ Ireland will be free , ’ the politician then adds with glee ‘ but what I really want to say is thank you mother , thank you father , thank you … ’ and heads off into the normal ‘ thank you auntie Doreen ’ award winner 's speech . |
| 6 | From this he reckoned the underground passage was now clear of the house foundations and heading out towards the outer fence . |
| 7 | It could n't go forward , but reversed slowly down the lane , turned around in a field gateway and headed back to the main road . |
| 8 | So we left the remote mountains of the north and west and headed back towards the central highlands and Mount Kenya , the main objective of our visit . |