Example sentences of "and [vb past] forward [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A girl , overcome by enthusiasm for the occasion , took off her clothes and sprung forward through the crowds . |
| 2 | In desperation he whipped the knife back to his good left hand and lunged forward with the blade extended before him . |
| 3 | Then he ran back along the bare wooden branch that hung across his cage and turning suddenly , raised his wings in the air and lunged forward towards Creggan again . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Martin groaned closed eyes and moved forward with his hips . |
| 6 | The men lowered core moulds made of orange sand into the boxes , which were turned over and joined to boxes containing the other half of the moulds ( the bottom half was the drag , the top the cope — the first bit of jargon she had managed to master ) and moved forward on the track to the casting area . |
| 7 | This year Pest Control has prospered once again and moved forward on all fronts . |
| 8 | They did not leave her as she closed the door and drew the curtain over it , and came forward into the room . |
| 9 | Harold Badcock conquered his glance of hatred immediately , and came forward with his arms out to greet his wife . |
| 10 | When the leading lady 's on stage , you do n't notice the rest of the cast , Sabine thought wryly , the wording of madame 's introduction not lost on her , as a young woman got up from a sofa in another part of the room , and came forward with open reluctance . |
| 11 | She took a deep breath , smiled coolly , and sailed forward into the ballroom . |
| 12 | Quinn stopped , sucked air into his lungs and nodded forward along the road . |
| 13 | He was taken from behind by two men who pinioned his arms and pitched forward into the room , the young man darting out of the way to allow his saviours to smash Huy against the wall in his turn . |
| 14 | She took a deep breath , held her head up and walked forward to the end of the table . |
| 15 | Straight hair is feather cut and brushed forward to softly frame the face . |
| 16 | Whitlock saw the anger in Philpott 's eyes and stepped forward with a placating smile . |
| 17 | ‘ Commander , ’ he whispered and stepped forward towards the bed . |
| 18 | Mistress Philippa smiled and stepped forward into the light and Athelstan realised just how boorish Cranston had been . |
| 19 | I closed the hatch , gripped the rail and shuffled forward into the Wild Wood . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | The white boat woke , and glided forward like a bird . |
| 22 | " Nonsense ! " roared Dr Dunstaple and started forward as if he meant to make a physical assault on Dr McNab . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He hoped for one , earnestly , and looked forward to these accolades and people telling him he was good . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | For the rest of the year , the Thrush Green inhabitants remembered it , and looked forward to her next visit . |
| 27 | The magazine applauded the theory and looked forward to seeing the new machine in action . |
| 28 | At the celebration banquet , Chapman pondered , as ever , on how to keep Arsenal on top , and looked forward to another championship the following year . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Her new position made her nervous but she kept breathing deeply to conquer it , and looked forward to proving herself worthy of the promotion . |