Example sentences of "[pron] headed for " in BNC.

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1 I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks .
2 I got up and dressed quickly and as quietly as I could , but Colin was awake and he mumbled a ‘ good luck ’ as I headed for the door .
3 Determined not to re-enter blind institution life , I headed for the nearby technical college who would n't have me either .
4 I headed for home .
5 It was time to find Graham Fearnley and I headed for the champagne tent .
6 I headed for home , showered and changed .
7 I headed for the tube station at Baker Street and turned down my collar as I came into the Marylebone Road .
8 I headed for the bus line .
9 Why I headed for Basra I do not know .
10 Sliding out of bed , she headed for the bathroom .
11 As the fire was crackling into life she headed for the small lavatory in the hall .
12 As she walked up Tullis Street , Templeton 's came into view , and she headed for the entrance that would take her to the offices where she d been told to report .
13 She headed for the outsize black car that was parked opposite .
14 She headed for the door .
15 Ace smiled sweetly , and slipped her mirrored sunglasses on as she headed for the reception area .
16 She did n't know how long it would take for someone with a gun to get into position to fire at her , so she took another deep breath , and threw herself away from the buoy , cutting under the surface as she headed for the opening .
17 As soon as she had put the telephone down , she headed for the door .
18 She headed for the door at a dead run , her new arm thumping uselessly against various items of furniture .
19 But in the end , even she could delay it no longer and reluctantly , she headed for Lower Axe .
20 Instinctively , she headed for the door that led out into the garden .
21 As the bell rang again , insistently , urgently , she headed for the door , pulling the dressing-gown around her , feeling a cold spring of fear welling up inside .
22 And she wondered , as she headed for the hallway and the staircase that led up to her bedroom on the first floor , why the fact that that had not happened troubled her so .
23 Instinctively she headed for the fence at the far end , wanting to be as far away from the house as possible .
24 She parked her car and strode through the grand , carved doorway , her heels clicking purposefully as she headed for the reception desk .
25 Then , without a backward glance , she headed for the house .
26 With this intention firmly planted in her mind , she headed for the back stairs leading down into the kitchens .
27 Abandoning an untouched plate of food , she headed for the nearest door .
28 Her cabin , when she returned to it , was beautifully cool , and she headed for the shower , stripping off her clothes as she went .
29 As she headed for the stairs her mind was already trying to calculate the time since the call .
30 As she headed for the path that crossed the garden to the pool and then on to the pine forest and olive grove , she heard one solitary , impassioned call that hung hauntingly in the hot air .
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