Example sentences of "headed off " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time the German fighter dived away and headed off north . |
| 2 | In this founding era , de Gaulle gradually gathered soldiers and civilians to his standard , transformed his improvised organization into an alternative state , with its own bureaucracy and armed forces , headed off efforts to replace him as Free France 's leader , and emerged as the symbolic head of all French resisters , inside as well as outside France . |
| 3 | ARGYLL group , which runs the Safeway supermarkets , yesterday headed off market fears of another big cash call by launching a £150 million fixed-rate Eurobond issue , replacing expensive short-term debt with a cheaper long term loan . |
| 4 | Tiler shot high and wide from six yards out in the 75th minute after Jackson headed off the line from Glover 's fierce shot , and Southall made a near miraculous one-handed save from Woan in the dying seconds . |
| 5 | The visitors were unlucky not to score when Mark Butler headed off the line from a corner in the nineteenth minute , and Ken Mulligan shot over the bar for the visitors , being put away by Hurst . |