Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] were heading for " in BNC.
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| 1 | NSS , in common with virtually every other publication in the country , got its fingers burnt last week as a result of giving too much credence to the pollsters ' consistent message that we were heading for a hung parliament . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She had n't even noticed where they were , but now he was guiding her up some stone steps , and she realised by the background music that they were heading for Pepe 's . |
| 5 | Norman Fowler 's speech was far too left-wing for them , so they were heading for the ‘ Hedgehog and Hogshead ’ , a railway pub north of the main Brighton railway station . |
| 6 | It was , without question , the coldest morning of the on-coming winter ; bracing if you were heading for home or office , but verging on bitter if your bedroom was an alley or a doorway . |
| 7 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |
| 8 | But Barons came back to lead 4-3 at the end of the second and Tigers looked like they were heading for another defeat . |
| 9 | An early goal by the visitors made it look as though we were heading for our nineteenth League defeat of the season , but thanks to my inspirational coaching from the touchline , new boy Kev Knowles levelled the score on the stroke of half-time . |
| 10 | Day four started early — 5am — as we were heading for Galilee . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He then worked as the third man on the management side at Middlesbrough , under Bruce Rioch and Colin Todd before joining Darlington , as they were heading for the GM Vauxhall Conference , three years ago . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |