Example sentences of "forward to [v-ing] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WE LOOK forward to toasting Botham 's 500 overall Test dismissals , but the 501 to date contains an overlap of nine caught-and-bowled . |
| 2 | Greg Hocking had not been looking forward to ringing Jackson 's the publishers about the Walter Machin papers . |
| 3 | I 'd been looking forward to telling Charlie how depressed and lonely I 'd been since we moved to London . |
| 4 | Anxiety made her speak more sharply than she had intended ; she was not looking forward to telling Madame Gebrec just why Officer Hassan was about to pay her another visit and it was a relief when Madame Delon answered her call . |
| 5 | Naturally she was looking forward to seeing Anna again , and it would be pleasant to have her company on Sunday . |
| 6 | She was looking forward to seeing Patrick Kelly . |
| 7 | I look forward to seeing Laura . |
| 8 | ‘ I follow Middlesbrough and Darlington football clubs and I 'm looking forward to seeing Durham come down to play cricket in the town . ’ |
| 9 | She was beginning to acclimatise to not being alone , to look forward to seeing Christopher : to eating with him , listening to music with him , being silent with him , talking to him , walking with him , occasionally sleeping with him . |
| 10 | As a producer ‘ Space Oddity ’ was very important to me as it was only my second or third record and I was looking forward to seeing David play it live . |
| 11 | I am looking forward to seeing Brian Deane , I think he has more strings to his bow than Chapman . |
| 12 | Like so many others in the Unix community I look forward to reading Unigram.X every week . |
| 13 | She , Clarissa , was not looking forward to telephoning Lady Southdown , as she was bound to do , to thank her for a lovely evening . |
| 14 | ‘ Was she looking forward to leaving Rhodes ? ’ |
| 15 | But there is nothing to disappoint the collector here : this is a notable issue , and I look forward to hearing Zimmermann in the Beethoven ; on this showing , he could give a splendid account of it . |
| 16 | Erm I I look forward to hearing Mr 's views on on this particular matter given that he was the or or the department was was responsible for for in a sense prolonging the discussion to consider the breakdown of locations and as to whether he feels that there is sufficient technical information available on all of the sectors should a recommendation come forward for a particular sector from from the panel . |
| 17 | Selkirk , at least , can look forward to enlisting David Hunter , their speedy full-back in the challenges ahead . |
| 18 | He said how much his parents were looking forward to meeting Liza , especially as they had always wanted a daughter . |
| 19 | I 'm very much looking forward to meeting Mr and Mrs Downes again . ’ |
| 20 | Yet I am looking forward to meeting Mr Stratton again , because thus far he has refused point-blank to tell me who the murderer was … ’ |
| 21 | I look forward to meeting Mr. O'Kennedy 's successor , Dr. Woods , so that we can continue this co-operation in the future . |
| 22 | ‘ Look forward to welcoming Toby to the reception class in four years ' time ! ’ |
| 23 | Asmussen had clearly removed the memory of Polish Precedent 's humiliation at the hands of Zilzal last Saturday from his mind , and is looking forward to tackling Michael Stoute 's colt again in the Breeders ' Cup Mile at Gulfstream Park next month . |
| 24 | He wore a grim expression , not showing the elation with which he looked forward to killing President Sam , and taking over as ruler of his country . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm looking forward to showing Liverpool that there 's more to me than an oily spanner . ’ |
| 26 | We are looking forward to having Rob , Joyce , and Ewan , though I foresee problems with Gemma . |
| 27 | ‘ I am looking forward to playing Dan Macphail though — he 's irascible , pessimistic , abrupt , rude , with an enormous chip on his shoulder . ’ |
| 28 | Drummer Steve is most looking forward to visiting Liverpool and seeing the relatives and friends he left behind when emigrating to Australia ten years ago . |
| 29 | My Lords and Members of the House of Commons I look forward to visiting Australia in February , the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and Malta next May , France in June and Germany in October . |