Example sentences of "i [vb past] forward to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gasped and leaned my back against the car while I buttoned the coat up under my chin , then I struggled forward to where the gate shook and rattled . |
| 2 | In no way could I possibly say otherwise , and I looked forward to tomorrow 's pig . |
| 3 | When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening . |
| 4 | I looked forward to the banquet and wondered idly whether Swire Sugden would turn up and spoil it . |
| 5 | I looked forward to my time in Budapest . |
| 6 | I looked forward to the visit not only because visitors from Lord Darlington 's days are most rare now — Mr Farraday 's circle , naturally , being quite different from his lordship 's — but also because I presumed Mr Graham would accompany Sir James as of old , and I would thus be able to get his opinion on this question of bantering . |
| 7 | My beer was to be in a posh hotel where I was being treated for my birthday , and after the heaven of getting out of a T-shirt that was generating its own new species of life in the arm pits , and into a hot bath , I looked forward to discussing the day eagerly with my companion . |
| 8 | I looked forward to reaching my cell , because I was beginning to feel miserable and wanted to be alone and warm . |
| 9 | I now had the incentive to train even harder , and I looked forward to the outdoor season with considerable relish . |
| 10 | Lizzie used to lend me books which I looked forward to getting . |
| 11 | ‘ Because I looked forward to this Christmas , knowing you 'd be here . |
| 12 | I looked forward to these breaks in routine . |
| 13 | I was not sure whether I looked forward to living in London , where people like Wemmick accepted crime so calmly . |
| 14 | The confidence with which I looked forward to that week and its promise of change , if not release , was undermined by nagging anxiety over the move itself . |
| 15 | ‘ But I looked forward to going down the mine . |
| 16 | My father read to me in the evening , something I looked forward to enormously . |
| 17 | The more I thought about it , the more I looked forward to seeing this little known mountainous region , and I had every intention of penetrating at least as far as the Webi Shebeli river . |
| 18 | I looked forward to the time when I could speak well enough to talk to them . |
| 19 | I looked forward to discussing these problems with other teachers who shared my interest and concern . |
| 20 | But colleagues , five years ago I looked forward to the merger between G M B and Apex and predicted by the year two thousand there would be only four major unions in Britain , call them the four super unions . |
| 21 | I looked forward to the exam with dread . |