Example sentences of "[be] head for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You 're heading for a nasty fall — into the fiery furnace of damnation .
2 ‘ You 're heading for a bad attack of sunburn . ’
3 They 're heading for an English style village that 's being built just north of Tokyo .
4 I am heading for a wilding apple tree I discovered last year — sniffed out , actually , since its lemon-yellow fruits smelt deliciously of quince and scented the air for dozens of yards around .
5 Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next .
6 As for the Socialists , they have been told so often that they are heading for a total rout that they will actually be relieved if they manage to get the 20 per cent which the last polls were predicting .
7 If you like night life and are heading for the Far East , do n't go to Japan .
8 THE crack Dunluce trio of Billy Moffitt , Jeremy Henry and Ian McClure are heading for the British Isles Championships in Ayr next summer .
9 Tonight , 15 planes are heading for the British Drop Zone .
10 Tonight , 15 planes are heading for the British Drop Zone .
11 THE right-wing challenger Glafcos Clerides appeared to be heading for a narrow victory last night in a Cyprus presidential election which could be crucial for the future of the divided island .
12 The rift between the two brothers recalls the one between Cain and Abel and would seem at first to be heading for a similar conclusion .
13 TEAM up with Richard Gere and Kim Basinger and you could be heading for a super holiday in San Francisco .
14 If you 're a Libran who just has to say what 's on your mind come hell or high water you could be heading for a stormy time .
15 The Government could be heading for a damaging backbench revolt of Scottish Tories if it rejects Rosyth .
16 Molassi seemed to be heading for a large structure .
17 They adapted well to the conditions in the end but at half-time the found the Emerging Wallabies leading by 21–4 and they looked to be heading for a big win .
18 PETER SUCH ( Essex ) produced a career-best 7-82 for England A against the Australian Cricket Academy in Melbourne which sent the ACA reeling to 231 all out in their first innings , after they appeared to be heading for a huge lead when they reached 159 for one .
19 However West Germany and its neighbouring countries may be heading for a different pattern .
20 I may be heading for the infernal scrap-heap , but I still have my professional pride .
21 The protagonists looked to be heading for an all-out clash , but the outbreak of war in August put an abrupt end to the contest .
22 We 're two thirds of the way along I thought , Sheila , I said , I 'm heading for the wrong bridge .
23 NSS , in common with virtually every other publication in the country , got its fingers burnt last week as a result of giving too much credence to the pollsters ' consistent message that we were heading for a hung parliament .
24 SIR — On the BBC World Service news , at 0300 local time , the headlines began by stating that ‘ the ruling Conservative Party were heading for a massive defeat in the British General Election ’ .
25 We were heading for a little cluster of figures round something on the beach .
26 The result of these various pressures was that , when they were taken over , some 150 undertakings were heading for an aggregate deficit of £7 millions ( more than 3 per cent of total BEA revenue ) over the year .
27 MODERATE supporters of President Rafsanjani were heading for an overwhelming victory over Iranian hardliners last night , according to the latest tally of returns from parliamentary elections held on Friday .
28 Subtitled How The World Will Change In The Depression Of The 1990s , its central hypothesis is that we are headed for a major depression , that deflation will return , that property prices will collapse by two-thirds , that Islam will pour into the power vacuum left by communism , that taxes will soar , that many major corporations will cease to exist , that anyone wealthy enough will flee big cities and away from the gangs controlling them , that countries like India , Canada , South Africa and Israel will fall to bits , that there will be plagues of locusts and frogs and that firstborn sons ought to head for the hills while they 've got the chance .
29 Isobel nodded , her lips compressed , and then said : ‘ Yes , that ghastly , fat Humpty Dumpty is heading for a great fall , poor thing .
30 It is at this point that the system is heading for a new crisis .
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