Example sentences of "was heading for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ONCE a car to aspire to , Buick lost its lustre and was heading for the scrapheap . |
| 2 | In Hobson 's bleak vision , European civilization , for all its nineteenth-century promise , was heading for the fate of the Roman Empire . |
| 3 | But the Queen , horrified to learn that her favourite son 's marriage was heading for the rocks , could not utter the words of comfort the agonised redhead most needed to hear . |
| 4 | DAVID Mellor was heading for the political scrapheap last night after Downing Street revealed that he did NOT seek permission for his ‘ freebie ’ holiday with Mona Bauwens . |
| 5 | He was heading for the villa but not on the drive itself . |
| 6 | Everyone was heading for the bedroom from which had come the screams . |
| 7 | Mary , like myself , was heading for the Crofter 's Conference and Dinner at Stornoway . |
| 8 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |
| 9 | What you were doing was heading for the exit ! ’ |
| 10 | But I 'd closed the car door by then and was heading for the deli . |
| 11 | He was heading for the North Sea coast , which he would cross near Terschelling then follow for a while before turning in for the approach to Aalborg . |
| 12 | He smacked the ball and it was heading for the roof of the net but it hit a west ham player on the head and almost knocked his head off ! |
| 13 | Then , on sharp , swift strides he was heading for the door , while Shiona continued to stand where she was , rock still , as though rooted to the floor . |
| 14 | Grabbing a robe and a towel , she was heading for the shower when someone tapped quietly at the cabin door . |
| 15 | She was heading for the supermercado when a flaxen-haired man with a teak-dark tan waved vigorously from beyond a group of onlookers on the opposite side of the square . |
| 16 | FRANCE 'S conservative op-position routed the ruling Socialist Party in yesterday 's first round of the general election and was heading for the biggest landslide victory this century . |