Example sentences of "headed for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Without a moment 's hesitation Stirling 's jeep headed for the runway , the fighting formation behind him .
2 When they had finished with the shower , they recovered their belongings and headed for the resort .
3 With this intention firmly planted in her mind , she headed for the back stairs leading down into the kitchens .
4 But a minute or two later , as they turned out of the car park and headed for the road that led back to the villa , Ronni gave way to the growing desolation within her .
5 The crowd opened up and he headed for the gate .
6 As soon as they had turned the corner , however , he put his paper down and headed for the row of pay phones that lined the wall .
7 A succession of ‘ names ’ headed for the constituency , posed for photos and headed South again .
8 She did n't know how long it would take for someone with a gun to get into position to fire at her , so she took another deep breath , and threw herself away from the buoy , cutting under the surface as she headed for the opening .
9 The following day , the visitors headed for the field and toured LASMO 's Santiago field gathering and pumping facility .
10 Surkov and Rozanov , escaping from admirers , joined me and we headed for the exit .
11 She backed the Golf round and headed for the exit .
12 I banked again and headed for the Bunker .
13 As a precaution , the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service tug Roysterer stood by Unicorn as she headed for the Butt of Lewis .
14 Back inside the house he gathered them into an oversized bunch and headed for the kitchen , leaving a trail of fallen petals in his wake .
15 Ann headed for the kitchen .
16 ‘ Thanks , ’ Oliver called after him as Cobalt headed for the kitchen .
17 He turned with a wry smile and headed for the kitchen .
18 Iris picked up the tray of coffee mugs and headed for the kitchen , then stopped short .
19 As Inge plunged down the stairs and headed for the kitchen at the back of the house , Shiona watched her go with an almost envious smile .
20 Her cabin , when she returned to it , was beautifully cool , and she headed for the shower , stripping off her clothes as she went .
21 The bus pulled away from her children and headed for the market-place .
22 Without a word , Roberts rose and headed for the service hatch .
23 She shook her head , thanked him for his co-operation and then headed for the way out .
24 Stanley uttered the single word : ‘ Floods , ’ and headed for the door .
25 He turned and headed for the door where he paused for a moment .
26 I got up and dressed quickly and as quietly as I could , but Colin was awake and he mumbled a ‘ good luck ’ as I headed for the door .
27 In fact , such was the sheer awesomeness of Mr Wilson 's fury that , as one person , the whole assembled mass headed for the door at top speed .
28 So it was a quietly defiant Alistair who , the next morning , came plodding down the stairs , and glanced at the splayed mail on the shelf as he headed for the door .
29 She headed for the door .
30 The DI got to his feet and headed for the door .
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