Example sentences of "headed [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ray Ranson , United 's skipper , was booked for his protests , which were maintained by his team-mates when Blackburn won possession and Mark Atkins headed down for David Speedie to score with a half-volley . |
| 2 | After pulling on her clothes , she headed downstairs for the perfunctory glass of orange-juice which served as breakfast . |
| 3 | Outdoors , he continued to carry the picture while walking bipedally , and he headed directly for the gorilla quarters which were located near the adult-ape house on a hill behind the language lab . |
| 4 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
| 5 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 6 | We headed off for the north-east facing slopes of La Masse , hoping to find the best snow . |
| 7 | As on previous years , the start of the event which has come to be known simply as ‘ the ARC ’ was emotional : 121 boats ranging in size from 30ft to 75ft. ( 9 to 23m ) headed off for a transatlantic crossing to St Lucia in the Caribbean . |
| 8 | Most days Jo headed straight for the nearest john and took the hideous contraption off as soon as she was alone , muttering , ‘ If you got it , flaunt it ! ’ as she threw back her shoulders and felt the liberated flesh bounce free . |
| 9 | After three years of more or less benevolent autocracy , Valery Gergiev is happy with the facts about his Kirov company : the fact that for the 1989–90 season , very much against the malingering influence of Leningrad 's cultural bureaucrats and an army of silently disapproving critics , he headed straight for uncut Mussorgsky ( original Boris , Shostakovich- orchestrated Khovanshchina , Sorochinsky Fair , The Marriage , Salammbô ) ; and the fact that the following year , with the situation in newly-renamed St Petersburg worsening day by day , he set about four Prokofiev operas within a matter of months . |
| 10 | On our arrival at the Wildfowl Trust Refuge , we headed straight for the STOP-SPOT board in the foyer . |
| 11 | Then it headed straight for the nearest suitable planet and effected a landing . |
| 12 | Then hiss ! — surge ! — vroom ! — it headed straight for us like a thousand-miles-an-hour nightmare ! |
| 13 | She headed straight for the coffee-pot . |
| 14 | Speaking of all things Mexican , our ragga tipping acquaintances SL2 did n't have the best of times when they headed out for a Big Rave in the land of tequila . |
| 15 | Once round the loch and they headed back for their car , muttering that we were wasting our time because there was not a single fish in the loch . |
| 16 | Glumly we headed Islingtonwards for the ritual finger-wagging and fine . |