Example sentences of "forward to a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | On Monday night the club 's members are looking forward to a pie and peas supper . |
| 2 | At the end of this time the rotor has moved forward to a position where the motor is producing negative torque . |
| 3 | There can be no doubt that if Britain wants to look forward to a level of economic health even approaching that to which it has grown accustomed over the past 50 years , it must back Alvey 's proposals . |
| 4 | And then look forward to a winter date with the man in the flesh at the Ulster Hall on October 19 . |
| 5 | When this take-out was over , he was looking forward to a session in the hot-tub with Kandi , maybe a few snorts of cocoa , and some radical waves to ride out in the bay . |
| 6 | He was looking forward to a reunion with Theo in Etten on Easter Sunday . |
| 7 | I wanted to do the things John and I had looked forward to a year and a half ago , to travel as we had planned , to work abroad , have a family before too long . |
| 8 | He had looked forward to a day in the sun , the simple admiration of colleagues , young scientists . |
| 9 | I , in my turn , was surprised to find how much I was looking forward to a day on my own , and mildly surprised at my mother 's willingness to leave me to it . |
| 10 | Harold Macmillan was by no means alone at that time in looking forward to a government of Mosley and the younger men who would do something for the country at last . |
| 11 | If she married one of them she could look forward to a life of uncertainty , warfare , shortages , assassinations , massacres and tragedy . |
| 12 | DARLINGTON sailor Julie Carroll , 20 , is looking forward to a life on the ocean waves on the type 42 Destroyer HMS Southampton after successfully completing a radar operator course at Portsmouth . |
| 13 | While the fundamentals of caddying may not have changed since Skip Daniels and Gene Sarazen strode the Prince 's links , the financial aspect has : whereas a caddie in the 1930s might have earned only a pittance for sharing an Open success , the modern-day caddie earns a healthy basic wage on the European tour , and can look forward to a percentage of the winnings . |
| 14 | The clash between human and divine presents us with two spheres , each with right on its side , pointing forward to a reconciliation in line with the Aeschylean view of Fate enthroned above gods and men as eternal justice . |
| 15 | He 's just finished a stint as Edmund in King Lear at the Royal Court Theatre and is looking forward to a holiday in Wales with his actress wife , six-year-old daughter and teenage stepson . |
| 16 | I did , however , remember us asking the children if they were looking forward to a fortnight in Umbria . |
| 17 | Scotland have been drawn in the same section as Ireland and Wales and are looking to go forward to a promotion play-off with the winners of a section involving Germany , Austria and Norway . |
| 18 | I was looking forward to a couple of hours of vigorous strolling in the company of what I assumed would be a garrulous , suitably eccentric English guide . |
| 19 | When our 'plane touched down at Ibiza Airport , we were looking forward to a couple of weeks in the sun , hoping that the children would be amused and we could just relax . |
| 20 | but Swindon are on their way … and looking forward to a home tie against Oldham Athletic from the premier league in round three … |
| 21 | He tells me : ‘ Quite frankly after 10 years on shift work I 'm looking forward to a bit of a break . |
| 22 | Yes erm it was obvious because if he 's already told the man he 's going to move forward , to handcuff him erm he will not move forward to a person with his gun er in his hand . |
| 23 | If she had accepted him , she could have been looking forward to a child of her own now . |
| 24 | The debt-ridden non-Leaguers can now look forward to a capacity 9,000 crowd for the visit of Arsenal . |
| 25 | By contrast , in the present example , the pronoun is used cataphorically ; it points forward to a reference or references in a subsequent portion of text . |
| 26 | And I think they 're actually picking out a particular area for a report is is not necessarily good practice. , erm I think we can identify er those areas piece by piece we will go through them , they can be brought forward to a variety of areas . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the table opposite will give you some idea of what to expect : for example , a man aged 30 investing just £25 a month could look forward to a cheque for £63,400 on his 65th birthday — with another £19,400 for his family if he died at the age of 80 . |
| 28 | Robyn looked forward to a change from the suburban backyards and business parks she had created of late . |
| 29 | Is it not a fact that , for all their fine words , the Government 's deeds are desperately poor and that the country is looking forward to a change of Government in a month ? |
| 30 | Looking forward to a change are you ? |