Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] forward to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sixteen months between Britain 's application and its rejection by de Gaulle , a body of opinion was created in Whitehall and amongst the electorate that looked forward to Britain becoming more closely linked to Europe for a variety of reasons ; one of which was to reduce America 's dominance in the West 's military affairs . |
| 2 | But he also spoke of the kingdom being present on earth now , in a way that pointed forward to the fullness of its coming in the future . |
| 3 | The youth drew the pirogue up the grey sand and crept forward to the clearing , and stood , trying to piece together the disorder that he could dimly pick out in the darkness . |
| 4 | She took a deep breath , held her head up and walked forward to the end of the table . |
| 5 | Straight hair is feather cut and brushed forward to softly frame the face . |
| 6 | As Philip Gibbs , correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph who was present at the battles as an observer , wrote : ‘ The suffering of all the German troops , huddled together in exposed places , must be as hideous as anything in the agony of mankind , slashed to bits by storms of shells and urged forward to counter-attacks which they know will be their death . ’ |
| 7 | I also reminded her of her predictions concerning Lord Lovat and herself , and that I hoped very much to see the end of the campaign in Normandy and looked forward to meeting her again in the Highlands . |
| 8 | He hoped for one , earnestly , and looked forward to these accolades and people telling him he was good . |
| 9 | So I drove back across the whole of the county , from Banbury to Henley to return to Windsor , where my parents were spending the summer with us , and looked forward to telling them the news . |
| 10 | For the rest of the year , the Thrush Green inhabitants remembered it , and looked forward to her next visit . |
| 11 | The magazine applauded the theory and looked forward to seeing the new machine in action . |
| 12 | At the celebration banquet , Chapman pondered , as ever , on how to keep Arsenal on top , and looked forward to another championship the following year . |
| 13 | I felt that there was more to come , and looked forward to running against John Regis in the European Indoor Championships in Lievin three weeks later . |
| 14 | Her new position made her nervous but she kept breathing deeply to conquer it , and looked forward to proving herself worthy of the promotion . |
| 15 | They believe the interpretation is from the period of the early Church and looked forward to the end of the world . |
| 16 | He spoke of the Founder , and looked forward to the future : |
| 17 | Further out , in the fashionable village-suburb of Breasbrough , civic spirits were high at a New Year 's Eve party , where left-wing councillors , left-wing teachers , left-wing journalists , left-wing social workers and a few agnostic entrepreneurs raised their glasses and looked forward to the exhilarating confrontation of the approaching steel strike : they were high on a recent freak by-election in the neighbourhood which had reversed the national trend to the Right and given , in their own view , a renewed popular blessing to their defiant , daring programme of high social expenditure . |
| 18 | Although the house was dark and frightening , with its big rooms full of heavy furniture , I was excited at being in a new place , and looked forward to my new life there , working for kind Mrs Fairfax . |
| 19 | Noah felt very pleased with himself , and looked forward to an easy life of crime in the capital . |
| 20 | I found a large hotel and looked forward to a good dinner . |
| 21 | Everyone enjoyed themselves and looked forward to the next battle of the brains . |
| 22 | He thanked the officers and committee for their support and looked forward to the B.C.R.S. continuing to progress during the coming year . |
| 23 | As to coming together for further talks , I think that I speak for all those who were involved in the talks in the summer , which we concluded , when I say that those who took part in them felt that they were valuable and looked forward to the possibility of being able to hold talks again . |
| 24 | Sir Leslie Scarman spoke of the new computer-usable Statutes in Force and of the Statute Law Committee 's subcommittee on the impact of computer technology on statutory material , and looked forward to the day when lawyers will be able to search the statutes in computer-usable form , as well as relying on their traditional book material . |
| 25 | An IMF official quoted in the Middle East Economic Digest of Oct. 18 welcomed " the government 's intention to address the outstanding economic and financial issues " and looked forward to future co-operation between Sudan and the IMF . |
| 26 | The barman at the Tomorrowman polished up his impersonations and looked forward to the day after tomorrow , when Rex had promised him his own show . |
| 27 | He promised summertime improvements and looked forward to developing a new sports superstadium in the long-term . |
| 28 | The statutes , and Vial 's scheme for the internal order and regulation of the College , were read , and sent forward to the general meeting . |
| 29 | Mike McFarlane also qualified and went forward to the semi-finals . |
| 30 | He dipped his hands nervously into the chalk bag at his waist and went forward to the base of the soaring , twisting arête . |