Example sentences of "and [verb] forward to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | — ‘ in thought I see my past madness ’ ; these two cries are from the Arnaut Daniel speech ending Purgatorio XXVI , where the poet condemned to the circle of lust prays for the hearer 's consideration and looks forward to the release from the to tortures meted out to the lustful . |
| 4 | The old rascal is still very much alive and kicking — he is 330 years old on 9 May this year — and looks forward to several more centuries of roguery yet ! |
| 5 | In it , Elvis tells ‘ Dear Liz ’ how much he appreciates receiving her letters and looks forward to seeing her during a trip she planned to America in December . |
| 6 | It sold more $500,000-plus machines in fourth quarter 1992 than the three previous quarters combined and looks forward to being able to use Pentium in its machines , because it says the new Intel Corp chip will reduce the gap between its machines and RISC in batch processing work . |
| 7 | TWA 's marketing senior vice president , Bob Cozzi , said : ‘ TWA has served Great Britain for more than 40 years and looks forward to providing the only service by a major U.S. carrier to Stansted . |
| 8 | There is no doubt she feels that she has paid a high price for her royal life and looks forward to the day when she can spend a weekend in Paris or , as she says , ‘ I can run along a beach without a policeman following me ’ . |
| 9 | He knows that the end of his life is near , but he has no fear of death , and looks forward to gaining his place in heaven . |
| 10 | His tough character keeps him in the house and looks forward to the awaiting adventure . |
| 11 | who recently received the British Institute of NDT Accreditation certificate on behalf of NDT Eagle , is delighted to have on board and looks forward to providing a unique service to customers , ‘ The training centre has been fully equipped to cover a variety of courses as well as NDT including Painting Inspection [ BGAS ] , Welding Inspection [ CSWIP ] , NDT Appreciation and Magnetic Flux Leakage . |
| 12 | The Council has welcomed the Minister 's positive response and looks forward to hearing the results of the consultation exercise in due course . |
| 13 | The centre has been a great success since opening its doors a year ago and looks forward to celebrating many more birthdays . |
| 14 | The Business Development Division of GDA will continue to seek to stimulate and develop business performance and looks forward to an increasingly close and productive relationship with the city 's business community . |
| 15 | The Business Location Service is extremely grateful for the support it has been given and looks forward to even greater success with its partners in the year ahead . |
| 16 | Sammy is already an accomplished player of the electric organ and looks forward to having more time for this and volunteer work . |
| 17 | MERSEYSIDE 'S most famous window cleaner puts his ladders away on Friday evenings … and looks forward to Saturday Afternoon Fever . |
| 18 | She is a voluntary visitor for the West Sussex Association for the Disabled and sits on two village committees and looks forward to serving on the Executive Committee of the Medau Society . |
| 19 | But already a fresh wave of sepoys was pouring over the ramparts and bounding forward to the attack over that rubbery carpet of bodies . |
| 20 | Mr Crump was alarmed ; Mrs Crump leaned forward on her toes to increase her disappointing height and to reach forward to this man whose every title and reference made him more and more desirable . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But she is settling in much better now and looking forward to the best Christmas dinner money can buy . ’ |
| 23 | It was not long before I was ensconced in the dining-room with a pastis and looking forward to dinner . |
| 24 | The new team will find financial markets in a high state of excitement and looking forward to a cut in interest rates . |
| 25 | SIX years ago , in the introduction to a collection of his plays , Howard Brenton was still trumpeting his adherence to Marxism and looking forward to an unstoppable ‘ British Revolution ’ . |
| 26 | Breakfast was difficult , bringing with it the aroma of kippers and the sight of poached eggs quivering on plates , but by the time our lunch flask was delivered , people were perking up and looking forward to the task ahead . |
| 27 | He had the good lecturer 's habit of referring back to the previous lecture , and looking forward to the next , so that the course flowed smoothly on . |
| 28 | After twenty minutes we returned to the ship , tired but amazed by our experience and looking forward to hoisting up anchor and heading for our next stop , St. Lucia . |
| 29 | How much she 'd given him , cared for him , loved him , and now he was sitting in Eva 's house all cosy and radiant and looking forward to bed . |
| 30 | I found myself working twelve to fourteen hours a day , barely coming up for air , and looking forward to finishing the book so that life could begin again — rather than enjoying the day-by-day process of writing , and living life to the full . |