Example sentences of "making for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was making for the door when he stopped and half turned back towards her and said , ‘ By the way , Aggie , very little escapes you , as I know only too well , but have you noticed any difference in Jessie of late ? ’ |
| 2 | Amongst new captives brought in were a Maxwell laird and an English under-officer , both of whom testified that they had seen King Edward Balliol riding off eastwards from the camp area , alone , still only in shirt and breeches , presumably making for the Border and Carlisle . |
| 3 | He was well fed , well soused , bursting in strength and eagerness for life , King of the mountaintown making for the pot-house and Joanna . |
| 4 | She looked cautiously around and then walked away from the house , making for the road that had led here , the long , twisting road from the main highway . |
| 5 | It is down these channels that the salmon run , making for the sea whilst trying to avoid becoming stranded . |
| 6 | After a discussion , they decided that their best hope for safety would lie in leaving the house , making for the shore and trying to get away in a ship . |