Example sentences of "[pers pn] were heading for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 LABOUR 'S health spokesman , Mr Robin Cook , claimed during health questions that eye tests were dropping so steeply since charges were imposed earlier this year that they were heading for a fall of three million , but health minister Mrs Virginia Bottomley said the Government had not yet reviewed the effect of charges .
2 Their destination could only be guessed at , but by their line of march through upper Clydesdale it looked as though they were heading for the West March , possibly even Galloway .
3 They were heading for the bullseye to begin with , but then the target started to accelerate it speeded up .
4 At the height of the romance , the pair were inseparable and it was obvious to family and friends that they were heading for the altar .
5 Crossing the room as though he were heading for the wardrobe , Angel Four suddenly changed direction , took two swift paces to his right , seized the curtains with both hands and jerked them open .
6 Ahead and around him as he drifted forward , the melodic light was increasing gradually , growing stronger and brighter as though he were heading for the source .
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