Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] head for the " in BNC.

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1 But you need real people for a proper gloat so we headed for the cardboard suburb in the Strand .
2 By midday we were making giant strides , so we headed for the hills and learnt how to herringbone up them and swoosh down them .
3 So before you head for the sun , head for your nearest chemist .
4 As I head for the exit , Bob shouts back : ‘ How do you look in school uniform ? ’ and we both laugh .
5 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 .
6 THOROUGHLY MODEST MRS : Fergie covers up as she heads for the pool
7 Ace smiled sweetly , and slipped her mirrored sunglasses on as she headed for the reception area .
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 And she wondered , as she headed for the hallway and the staircase that led up to her bedroom on the first floor , why the fact that that had not happened troubled her so .
10 She parked her car and strode through the grand , carved doorway , her heels clicking purposefully as she headed for the reception desk .
11 As she headed for the stairs her mind was already trying to calculate the time since the call .
12 As she headed for the path that crossed the garden to the pool and then on to the pine forest and olive grove , she heard one solitary , impassioned call that hung hauntingly in the hot air .
13 She took a deep breath , letting it out on a low , pleasurable chuckle as she headed for the stage .
14 The other girl made no attempt to hide her disgust as she turned back to the books lying before her on the table , and Rory felt her spirits sink still further as she headed for the door .
15 As a precaution , the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service tug Roysterer stood by Unicorn as she headed for the Butt of Lewis .
16 I glanced at my watch as we headed for the stairs .
17 As they headed for the first aircraft they were fired on by a sentry .
18 Whole supermarkets in the Valley were stripped of their provender in a decorous food riot by the affluent , loading up their Wagoneers with Porterhouse and T-bone as they headed for the hills .
19 This series of squares is disquieting as it heads for the horizon unless it allows for the curvature of the Earth .
20 As he headed for the kitchens , wondering what had happened , he saw Mould running towards him .
21 As he headed for the sanctuary of the dressing-room , accompanied by armed soldiers , the home fans spat , threw coins and jeered at the tiny Scot .
22 But Horsley put these thoughts to the back of his mind as he headed for the party at Caxton House , determined to enter into the spirit of things .
23 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 .
24 He strode towards her , his shoulder brushing hard against hers as he headed for the door .
25 Finishing burst : Scotland 's Tom McKean leads the pack as he heads for the line and victory in the 800 metres at the World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Toronto
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