Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [verb] forward " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Pakistan inched forward in the eight overs following the welcome tea-break , England were pulling the strings . |
| 2 | While Moses looks forward to the ‘ good ’ to come , their minds are fixed on the ‘ evil ’ of the present . |
| 3 | One thousand and ninety five days of a stinking bucket in the corner while Pete looked forward to dinner . |
| 4 | Since Baeyer put forward his strain theory of bonding in 1885 , chemists have probed the limits of convention by conceiving and investigating structures under strain . |
| 5 | We mounted and rode back through the lazy summer sunshine , the Scottish troopers massing behind whilst Vauban pushed forward between us . |
| 6 | When Watkins put forward his observations regarding remnants of prehistoric alignments in Britain he ran head-on into official archaeological thinking which still believed in the Piltdown Man . |
| 7 | Keeper Andy Gosney performed heroics as Swindon charged forward … |
| 8 | Mrs Wallington 's tight face relaxed a little as David leaned forward over the criss-crossed string that her hands held taut between them . |
| 9 | As Therese walked forward towards the stage steps the silk coat swung out around her , catching the light , drawing attention to her legs . |
| 10 | As Richard looks forward to 1992 , he also thinks of two people he never met who carried donor cards and saved his life not once , but twice . |
| 11 | ‘ Ma , I do n't — ’ Kevin 's excuse was cut short as Nellie came forward with her children . |
| 12 | Now in order to understand this and not to misunderstand terms , we 've got to unders the first thing we have to understand is what Darwin 's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection is all about and the problem with this , and in some ways this is analogous to the problem with Freud , and I 'll be talking about this later , is that er when Darwin put forward his Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection in eighteen fifty nine it was confused and misunderstood because of the ideas of other people like Herbert Spencer and the so-called Social Darwinists , who coined slogans like , for example , survival of the fittest . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , it is n't his house — it belongs to his half-brother , my employer , ’ Merrill explained hastily as Heather came forward , smiling . |
| 14 | Tragic six-day-old Natalie died of a brain haemorrhage when Alan slumped forward , squeezing her skull . |
| 15 | Caswell let Theda go and whirled about as Benedict strode forward into the room . |
| 16 | I feel pressure on my back as Frank leans forward and pushes me against the window with his paunch . |
| 17 | He was raising it for a second hit when Nancy rushed forward and , seizing the piece of wood , threw it into the fire . |
| 18 | Not a sound was heard , not a smirk flickered on any face as Mildred stepped forward and stood on tiptoe to remove the bucket . |
| 19 | As Robert moved forward after her , Rafiq grabbed him , hard , round the waist . |
| 20 | As Meryl leaned forward in the alcove , poised to stand , Gladys emerged soundlessly from the ladies ' corridor , still wearing her garish dress . |
| 21 | Rincewind went rigid with fright , but his arm swung out as Kring shot forward . |
| 22 | His laugh was sharply curtailed when Ace lunged forward , snatched his rifle from hands that were too surprised to grip it tightly enough , and smashed him in the groin with the butt . |
| 23 | As Michele moved forward with panther-like grace David said hurriedly , ‘ Well I must be off — er — see you around . ’ |
| 24 | Then Kragan kicked him in the stomach and , as Adam doubled forward , he kneed him in the cheek , sending him sprawling backwards , banging his head against the wall . |
| 25 | Gloucester missed some chances but they were never in with a shout … they were on the retreat for most of the game as Bath piled forward … |
| 26 | The introduction makes a perfunctory bow to linguistics when Genette puts forward the hypothesis that narrative may be regarded as ‘ the development — monstrous , if you will — given to a verbal form , in the grammatical sense of the term : the expansion of a verb … |
| 27 | An enraged roar rent the air as Jack leapt forward . |
| 28 | He also appeared to distance himself from the BR route for the Channel tunnel link , saying that when BR brought forward the Bill for its preferred route through Kent , it would be ‘ for Parliament to settle the way forward ’ . |
| 29 | Sergeant Troy picked up his bag and was about to take the road to Bathsheba 's house , when Boldwood stepped forward . |
| 30 | And as Gabriel came forward to help , he went on feverishly , ‘ Oak , does a woman keep her promise to become engaged ? |