Example sentences of "looking forward " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catherine , who is on a three-month contract with ACET , is looking forward to caring for people with HIV/AIDS . |
| 2 | I have been very lucky ; the right opportunities have come along and yet every time you take them you are looking forward immediately to the next challenge . |
| 3 | You must be delighted : and excited : you must be looking forward to it . |
| 4 | I had been quite looking forward to sampling its unsavoury delights . |
| 5 | The supporters at Devonshire Park are looking forward to seeing how Pam handles the transfer from the U.21 event to the senior event . |
| 6 | She was n't looking forward to it , which is a little surprising for a 16 year old who , just 3 years ago , combined all the elements of her talent to produce the compound which exploded her on to the junior tennis scene ! |
| 7 | It was an apt time for the old dilemma of trying to forget where you were ( while being excited by the position ) and trying not to think about the uncertainties of the morrow ( while looking forward to them ) . |
| 8 | Marjorie was looking forward to her freedom ; no need to be up at seven o'clock to go to work , no rushing back to make the tea . |
| 9 | Now I 'm looking forward to reviewing the situation after the Portsmouth match . |
| 10 | We 're looking forward to the opportunity of helping . ’ |
| 11 | I felt really devastated that we lost and for that reason I have been looking forward to playing in this event again . ’ |
| 12 | He continued : ‘ I am looking forward to the next Labour government throwing out the Tory anti-union laws and giving working people the protection that they need to conduct legitimate industrial action . |
| 13 | While the rest of Wales quakes in anticipation of next week 's invasion by the world champions , Price is merely looking forward to another tussle with the ultimate rugby enemy . |
| 14 | I 'm looking forward to the match and to seeing him training . |
| 15 | One Scotsman looking forward to Rome is David Will , who will take over from Harry Cavan as vice-president of FIFA when the Irishman retires during the World Cup next June . |
| 16 | Asmussen had clearly removed the memory of Polish Precedent 's humiliation at the hands of Zilzal last Saturday from his mind , and is looking forward to tackling Michael Stoute 's colt again in the Breeders ' Cup Mile at Gulfstream Park next month . |
| 17 | He was , par excellence , both Pole and European , looking forward eagerly to the day of the creation of a united Europe — to him the ‘ motherland of motherlands ’ — free from the control of or undue influence from the two super powers . |
| 18 | Thus , we are the only definable group in the Winter Gardens today who are actually looking forward to Nigel 's speech . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm looking forward to my future , ’ he said . |
| 20 | We were looking forward to gorging ourselves , but the buyer was a restaurateur and his chef had skinned it so cleanly that there was n't enough flesh for a sandwich ) . |
| 21 | In fact , he seemed quite cheerful and was looking forward to meeting some of his old mates at 6 Commando . |
| 22 | We were looking forward to our walk but did n't want the holiday to end . |
| 23 | I was not looking forward to the packing . |
| 24 | After a long and bitter divorce , 34-year-old Wendy Almon was looking forward to starting a new life . |
| 25 | I 'm looking forward to getting back home and sitting by the fire . |
| 26 | I 'm looking forward to having summat to eat , and then having a lie down . |
| 27 | I du n no , but I get the feeling everyone 's all looking forward to Christmas — you know , opening all the prezzies and stuff like that . |
| 28 | He was looking forward to this . |
| 29 | Most of these seemingly alert young men , acting as sentries for their sleeping comrades , are soaked to the skin and looking forward to a little sleep themselves before the final push against the enemy . |
| 30 | Corporal Tait busies around the pack checking for oil leaks and tightening the odd bolt ; ten minutes later the crew are smiling as they clear up , looking forward to a well-deserved shower . |