Example sentences of "[coord] head [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 2 | Tony and I drag our boats up the beach and head off to the rocks , our balance oddly disturbed by the many hours afloat . |
| 3 | In the kind of yuppy apartment in which they lived , the chimpanzees would signal ‘ GO SINK ’ and head off to the kitchen sink . |
| 4 | So I get up and pull my dressing-gown on and head down to the cold , dusty lobby where the phone is . |
| 5 | I 've had enough of the lights , so we turn round and head back to the house . |
| 6 | Outside the venue , the Inspirals climb into their cramped tour van and head back to the hotel exuding quiet satisfaction . |
| 7 | Here they spend the next 5 months until the short rains in November when they gradually form columns and head back to the shortgrass plains . |
| 8 | Ranulf sprang up , pleased to abandon the fresh air of the country and head back to the seamy streets of London and the rounded pleasure-giving body of Mistress Semplar . |
| 9 | ‘ Displacement activity , ’ she said and headed back to the mantelpiece where she swapped a silver-framed photograph for a white porcelain horse . |
| 10 | Without a word , I restarted the motor and headed back to the mooring bay , half a mile distant , encouraged by a running commentary : ‘ Why are we going in ? |
| 11 | He turned and headed back to the Montego , pausing as he opened the door . |
| 12 | No sooner was I home and motherly than it was time to dress up and head back to the theatre . |
| 13 | ‘ Another job well done , Ralph , let's pack up and head back to the station . ’ |
| 14 | For a moment I thought of getting on my joke transport and heading back to the East Oxford slums where I belonged . |
| 15 | Twenty minutes later they were on their way , the three of them piling into the big black Mercedes and heading back to the railway station . |
| 16 | The taller man grinned , " My turn , I suppose , " he murmured , and headed over to the bar to order another round of drinks . |
| 17 | The designer , Sandy Powell , has known Anderson since their first day at St Martin 's when they played truant and headed off to the pub after about 15 minutes . |
| 18 | Because he was clinging to the rudder , the plane slowly turned in a circle and headed back to the island . |
| 19 | At the weekend , he climbed into a twin-engined , four-passenger Cessna-310 provided by a human rights group … and headed back to the homeland he had abandoned . |
| 20 | I rose to go , reassured her yet again , and headed back to the car . |
| 21 | Vicky and I returned to the resort , had an early dinner and headed back to the beach about two hours before dark . |
| 22 | She 'd circled the block until she 'd found the side alley where the stage door was located , and then after hiding her bag in a dark spot behind a big wheeled trash hopper she 'd turned around and headed back to the coffee shop . |
| 23 | It could n't go forward , but reversed slowly down the lane , turned around in a field gateway and headed back to the main road . |
| 24 | She waved and I did a U-turn — taxis are ace at that — and headed back to the nightmare in the bathroom . |
| 25 | I splashed water over my face , slicked unruly grey hair into a more reasonable disorder , and headed down to the lobby again . |
| 26 | It was at that moment that the couple whom Guido had pointed out earlier finished paying their bill and headed out to the car park . |