Example sentences of "[verb] forward to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She enjoys hiking and walking in her spare time , and also looks forward to her annual skiing expedition . |
| 2 | Luxembourg thanks ( l-r ) Sqn Ldr R Druitt , Flt Lts P Jackson and D Mannion , F/Sgt J Dearden and Flt Lt E Billings , and looks forward to their next visit . |
| 3 | It occurred to him that he had reached the age when a man looks forward to his pleasures less keenly than in youth but is disproportionately aggrieved when his plans are upset . |
| 4 | It was nice to think he had looked forward to her company . |
| 5 | After a few days the household would be creeping around ‘ not to disturb Dad ’ who was sulking in his room bored to death with his family , and the children would be trying to comfort a depressed and weeping Mum who had so looked forward to her handsome popular brilliant husband 's return and did n't know what she had done wrong . |
| 6 | quite looked forward to his love-making . |
| 7 | AS A LONGSTANDING admirer of the poetry of Ted Hughes , I had looked forward to his prose book about Shakespeare . |
| 8 | Some of Gram 's classic tear-in-my-beer stuff was clearly inspired by crooner George Jones , but the best of his songs are delivered with a shiver in the throat — as with Hank Williams and Jimmie Rogers , you could practically hear the hell-hounds on his tail as he addressed old girlfriends , southern vistas , and rotten townships and morbidly looked forward to his own druggy demise . |
| 9 | Furthermore , they were in debt 5/5 though that was carried forward to their next account . |
| 10 | Denis came forward to his sister , looking stern and said firmly , Sit yourself down , Noreen . ’ |
| 11 | Tiptree spokesman Tim Huxtable said that they were looking forward to their day out , and that Peter Richardson , Michael Beckett , Rob Hadgraft , Gerry Madden , Liz James and the others were keen to make an impression . |
| 12 | With these objectives in mind , the TSB is embarking on second generation development of both its systems , and is looking forward to their continuing to make a positive contribution to the successful operation of the business . |
| 13 | I agree that the colleges are looking forward to their independence and to expanding the opportunities for further education available to our young people . |
| 14 | I am disappointed that none of those hon. Members is in his place , because I had been looking forward to their contributions and should have liked to address the odd remark to them , but I shall do that in any event . |
| 15 | By the time they 'd parked the car and were hurrying towards the station platform , the little girl 's enthusiasm had soothed her tattered nerves , and she was really looking forward to their day together in London . |
| 16 | And now David did n't want any part of it , and she 'd been so looking forward to their sharing in the discoveries . |
| 17 | After 2 defeats in a row at the Manor , Oxford United are probably looking forward to their trip to St Andrews to play bottom club , Birmingham . |
| 18 | Fans of the Fab Four of the 90s need not fret ( guitar pun there ) , the band are looking forward to their date at the Empire in August . |
| 19 | So we 've got this group of people who are and just retired , they 're sixty-five and have just retired , and they 're looking forward to their pension le lo losing completely in two-and-a-half years time unless something 's done about it . |
| 20 | She would find herself looking forward to their meetings and to their conversations even if they were slightly strange sometimes . |
| 21 | Abbey Donalds spoke to Jeffery and Bungle who were looking forward to their stay in Oxford . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He was surprised at himself for looking forward to her arrival and the hard , punishing exercises ; for feeling anxious , if her coming was delayed ; for hoping she would linger a minute afterwards and talk about the weather or some unusual flurry on the corridor . |
| 24 | His wife Val contributes a postscript in which she reveals , rather wanly , that she is still looking forward to her honeymoon , postponed because of a rugby match . |
| 25 | Vivien had been up at St Hugh 's , so I was looking forward to her being an excellent guide . |
| 26 | The neatly-written two-page letter ends with Elvis again saying how much he was looking forward to her visit . |
| 27 | She was suddenly aware that she had been looking forward to her new life in Portugal far more than she had realized . |
| 28 | She was n't looking forward to her turn . |
| 29 | It was quite clear they had no real feeling for their mother , and were almost looking forward to her death . |
| 30 | I can remember looking forward to her arrival so that there would be three of us to play games . |