Example sentences of "forward to this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Each time I fight , I try to bring more to the table and I 'm looking forward to this fight to show people just what I can do . |
| 2 | I look forward to this country being in the vanguard of the single currency because of the advantages that it will bring us and the Community . |
| 3 | The document shows that , allowing for deficits carried forward to this year and other factors , and before this year 's savings , Bloomsbury has to save £8m to balance its budget , Lewisham £6.6m , Riverside £3.1m , Wandsworth £2.8m , Hampstead £1.4m , West Lambeth £1.5m , with the rest , bar Greenwich , facing forecast deficits of at least £1m . |
| 4 | Mr Collier also welcomed the recommendation that the British government review of nuclear power , scheduled for 1994 , should be brought forward to this year . |
| 5 | Looked forward to this day for so long , I have . |
| 6 | The use of propaganda to make this behaviour unfashionable again has been suggested ( Stanley 1969 ) , but no health education programme has ever been put forward to this purpose and it is difficult to know whether such an approach would be feasible . |
| 7 | It so happens Kelly and I have been looking forward to this weekend , and I guarantee that men will play no part in it at all . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She had n't been looking forward to this session ; yet , deep down , there was a contrary twinge niggling at her sexuality that insisted she might enjoy it . |
| 10 | ‘ We were so looking forward to this trip and it 's been awful , ’ Rose whispered , sadly shaking her head . |
| 11 | If only Luke Travis were — oh , fifty years old , and paunchy and balding and placid like her previous employer , she would be looking forward to this trip . |
| 12 | I 'm not looking forward to this trip at all ! |
| 13 | He looked forward to this drink , the first of the day , with a sensuous desire . |
| 14 | Shanti and Chris discovered in February that they were expecting a baby , There was tremendous excitement and we all began to look forward to this addition to the family . |
| 15 | Indeed he was looking forward to this discussion with William and Joe . |
| 16 | Give yourself something really special to look forward to this winter with a wonderful trip to two of the most beautiful cities in Italy . |
| 17 | Looking immaculate in a bright red suit she said : ‘ I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time and I am glad to have been a part of it . ’ |
| 18 | She had been looking forward to this moment , for it promised a long-sought revenge : a revenge not only against her husband for the bitterness and suffering he had caused her , but also against the harlot , Hannah Gristy , whose lithe body and brazen looks had tempted young Gregory into fornication nearly forty years before , and of whom this insolent little slut was so painful a reminder . |
| 19 | Inspector Naseby of all people , who had clearly been looking forward to this moment . |
| 20 | Are you looking forward to this age , Jo ? |
| 21 | Babur looked forward to this feeling many times while he was studying , waiting to leave the narrow circle of his family 's imagination . |
| 22 | I bet they 're looking forward to this tape ! |
| 23 | I 've been looking forward to this visit for a long time for that reason . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's really looking forward to this visit . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He 's really looking forward to this visit . ’ |
| 26 | Although we miss George 's presence , and his unfailing good humour , we know that he was looking forward to this wedding and we have fulfilled his hopes and wishes , and in a sense he is with us here today in our memories of him . |
| 27 | You 've been looking forward to this wedding for days now . |
| 28 | Oh , I have been looking forward to this evening … ’ |
| 29 | Looking forward to this evening , darling . |
| 30 | Scroll forward to this week , reverse the picture ; and the world sees America pushing for intervention in the civil war in ex-Yugoslavia , while Europe nervously resists . |