Example sentences of "looking forward [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was really looking forward to the 1961 Birkdale Open , and not just because we 'd gone so close the year before , though I was dying to get another chance to go one better this time . |
| 2 | But she is settling in much better now and looking forward to the best Christmas dinner money can buy . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Yes please , ’ I said , all at once looking forward to the mild dulling of the senses , the ease which the evening drinks induced . |
| 4 | I am looking forward to the usual summer visitors . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm looking forward to the final official opening of the Tunnel , and I 'm delighted to have been part of the support structure that has made it possible . |
| 6 | The raison d'être for this recording has to be the extraordinary ‘ mad scene ’ from Semiramide , eighteen minutes of the most astonishing music Rossini ever wrote , truly looking forward to the great lyrical outbursts of Verdi , and given a superb performance by Ramey . |
| 7 | He was a favourite with the fans at Scarborough and is looking forward to the eight matches over the month . ’ |
| 8 | Now we are all looking forward to the second leg . |
| 9 | All of the practices were looking forward to the second year in which the ‘ steady state ’ of year 1 would give way to even greater freedom and opportunity . |
| 10 | When I left you last month I was looking forward to the second round of the Macpherson Paints UK Championships to be fished at Diglis Weir on the River Severn . |
| 11 | Australian team manager Bobby Simpson said his bowlers were looking forward to the second day , when similar overcast conditions were forecast . |
| 12 | The Wisharts , who lived in North London , were not looking forward to the long train journey one little bit ; being just after the war , the trains were run down , lacked essential maintenance and did n't keep very good time , so the Wisharts regarded the prospects of the journey with considerable misgivings . |
| 13 | I 'm looking forward to the 100 metres . ’ |
| 14 | I SUPPOSE a lot of people are waiting to greet the first cuckoo of spring , but I was looking forward to the first hedgehog of spring . |
| 15 | But I am looking forward to the first leg . |
| 16 | I'Anson Cup champions Churt CC are looking forward to the new season , having wintered well at the Bohunt School indoor nets . |
| 17 | He is looking forward to the new challenge of visiting arthritis sufferers in their own homes . |
| 18 | SUPER SMILE Mum Fran and brave little Laura are looking forward to the new Christmas baby . |
| 19 | The Cold War theme , against which the collaboration of the Russian and American scientists is positively asserted as looking forward to the new world promised by the black obelisks and the climactic creation of a second sun , contrasts with the political neutrality , even blandness , of Kubrick 's film . |
| 20 | ‘ Now we are looking forward to the new season and despite the difficult climate we are hoping membership holds steady . |
| 21 | Mr Goodenough says he 's looking forward to the new post at a time when complaints against the police have increased . |
| 22 | ‘ We are looking forward to the entire programme following a format the ELCA helped pioneer , ’ said John L Peterson , ELCA Director for Public Media . |
| 23 | We 'll be looking forward to the longest raft race in the world . |
| 24 | And now Ian is looking forward to the inevitable . |
| 25 | The 16-year-old pony is well known on the Irish circuit and Roger is looking forward to the 1993 season with his new purchase . |
| 26 | No , I was looking forward to the Open because I 'd been stationed at Formby for my army service and I was anticipating meeting all my old friends from that time . |
| 27 | SIR — As director of a company which supplies market research data to the pharmaceutical industry in the Republic of Ireland , I am looking forward to the forthcoming explanations from United Kingdom opinion poll organisations . |
| 28 | Liphook & Ripsley Cricket Club are looking forward to the coming season with great expectation . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm looking forward to the coming months at Chino , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Andrew Blaikie , 17 , on right , an aviation enthusiast , has a lot to grin about , and a double reason for looking forward to the coming year , writes ALAN DRON . |