Example sentences of "heading back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But yesterday , on his 91st birthday , Trafford , whose wife died in sheltered accommodation four years ago , told a community nursing conference in London that , though a Tory voter all his life who thought most of what Mrs Thatcher was doing was good , he saw a danger that old people might be heading back towards the workhouse if the Government went ahead with NHS cuts and changes in community care . |
| 2 | The triplet , reunited with its mother , was heading back towards the flock that was bunched up against the top fence . |
| 3 | Tillard and Royal Marine Lt. R.C. Hay , spotted another Z.506B as they were heading back towards the carrier , and attacked . |
| 4 | I turned my back on the lochan and walked a dozen paces away from the edge before heading back towards the road . |
| 5 | The dog had lost interest and was heading back towards the kitchen . |
| 6 | Demonstrating what a simple change at the top can achieve , Compaq Computer Corp , which had sales of $3,200m last year and had been heading back towards the $2,000m mark under the previous regime , last week announced that it had made it through the $4,000m sales barrier for 1992 , with profits up 34% in the most recent quarter . |
| 7 | She offered him the half-smoked burnie but he batted it angrily from her fingers before heading back towards the concourse . |
| 8 | And then , before they could answer , she had turned away and was heading back towards the bridge . |
| 9 | Hitch held her gaze until he heard Plummer heading back towards the kitchen . |
| 10 | The idea hit her like a thunderbolt and she spun round , heading back towards the main entrance , remembering that there was an enquiries desk there . |
| 11 | Great palls of smoke lifted above the distant horizon , turning the dawn 's light ochre , while , two li out , a convoy of transporters sped westwards , heading back towards the safety of the City . |
| 12 | Then , like a whirlwind , he was storming off through the garden , heading back towards the villa . |
| 13 | She watched him walk away along the corridor heading back towards the club , her heart feeling lighter than it had for the past week . |
| 14 | Having got rid of its international stores chain with the spin-off of InterTan Inc , Tandy Corp is heading back into the international market again and says it expects to open a second SuperCenter store in Stockholm , Sweden in the third quarter ; the company already operates a third SuperCenter in Copenhagen . |
| 15 | I reckon that at the very least , £1 million will be heading back into the game over the next 10 years thanks to the WRU 's shrewd deal in supplying Burton with 500 tickets for every Arms Park international , plus their cup final . |
| 16 | He doffed his cap as we marched past , and a few paces further on we negotiated the turn and were heading back along the road on the other side of the village green towards the saluting base . |
| 17 | ‘ Christ , they were quick off the mark , Piper , ’ remarked the driver , swinging the jeep round and heading back along the road to Brigade H.Q. Nos. 3 and 6 Commando were pulling out as we entered the village ; no sign of 45 Royal Marine Commando . |
| 18 | Apart from the porter , who was now heading back to a door marked Waiting Room , the platform was bare . |
| 19 | Two of his comrades had relatively minor head wounds and received first aid in the trench before heading back to a safer area . |
| 20 | Nothing fancy now , only an Old Plymouth with Alaska plates , heading back to the Yukon . |
| 21 | The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung . |
| 22 | La Dolce vita had turned unimaginably sour and it was not long before the Italian stallions were heading back to the English First Division . |
| 23 | For a moment I thought of getting on my joke transport and heading back to the East Oxford slums where I belonged . |
| 24 | The most recent scare story concerning Nirvana involves Courtney being admitted to hospital in Bilbao — Nirvana 's final port of call before heading back to the US — having damaged her womb . |
| 25 | You 're in the mood for a long spell at the crease , but the penis decides that it ca n't wait to get the game over and done with before heading back to the pavilion to put its feet up on the couch . |
| 26 | The picturesque Neumarkt is worth a visit before heading back to the Limmatquai . |
| 27 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
| 28 | The Doctor and Blake walked down an alleyway heading back to the entrance to hell . |
| 29 | Twenty minutes later they were on their way , the three of them piling into the big black Mercedes and heading back to the railway station . |
| 30 | It was breathtakingly beautiful , but the sheer drop left them with no option but to make their way into the forest to bypass the hazard before heading back to the river again . |