Example sentences of "forward [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had been looking forward rather to this little drive between East and West Tarbert , but our greatest pleasure was when we stepped safely down at the pier where the little Islay steamer " Fingal " was waiting to carry us to this island of Jura . |
| 2 | By this I mean flinging yourself forward on to the opponent 's fist with your unguarded face . |
| 3 | The tow rope sprang taut , plucking the dinghy clear as the swell broke , thundering forward on to the waiting coral . |
| 4 | He shifted the helm so that the storm jib lifted the bows , the catamaran lunging forward on to the wave top , surfing the squall front . |
| 5 | He toppled him forward on to the bed and covered him with a sheet . |
| 6 | As Roberto was coming down from the top of his back-swing , the spectators leaned forward on to the fencing causing a crack like thunder . |
| 7 | Durrant , now looking forward on to the play rather than with his back to goal , used his vision to send Alexei Mikhailichenko down the left flank . |
| 8 | Diana pushed Raine , who went flying and fell forward on to her knees . |
| 9 | Then his head fell forward on to the table , and soon afterwards I too remembered no more of that wild evening . |
| 10 | Rostov took two paces forward on to the matting . |
| 11 | Unwinding , we sink into the armchair with a coffee cup , and gaze out of the window , and then he 'll see an outline across the road ( now what ? ) , through the fence , through the leaves , and he 'll vainly crane and peer , and tip forward on to his feet . |
| 12 | Much later , when it was finished and after Rohmer had left the cell to be sick , the thing 's head had sagged forward on to its chest . |
| 13 | Then , without warning , his legs were grabbed from behind , throwing him forward on to the pile of bodies . |
| 14 | Mark sagged forward on to his desk , straightened up , and dragged himself from the brink of sleep . |
| 15 | He raised his own weapon again for the kill and then fell forward on to his face with a knife buried to the hilt between his shoulders . |
| 16 | An expectant silence fell over the room and Folly watched , mesmerised , as Luke Hunter stepped forward on to a small raised dais at one side of the pool . |
| 17 | She had to grip the saddle to prevent herself pitching forward on to the road . |
| 18 | Intrigued , he moved forward on to the balcony and peered down cautiously . |
| 19 | Now once he 'd stepped forward on to the on to the shore what happened ? |
| 20 | There was a thud as it hit his body , which rose in the air , fell across the bonnet of the van , then was tossed forward on to the paving stones . |
| 21 | A hastily assembled group of the famous 75s had been pushed forward on to Froideterre , and its lethal barrage had given one of the fresh divisions of XX Corps just enough time to move up through the ebbing debris of de Bonneval 's 37th African Division and establish a firm line from Bras to Haudromont . |
| 22 | Therefore , on balance he thought , reluctantly , it would be better to push forward on to the high ground on the line Thiaumont-Fleury . |
| 23 | Handbags were snapped shut , legs were crossed and uncrossed , ladies leaned forward confidentially to their neighbours , ostensibly to confer , though a number got fits of giggles and had to hide their faces behind their hands . |
| 24 | Basnett looks forward optimistically to the future which includes a meeting in Colombia planned for 1992 . |
| 25 | It was quite some time since I had last played and , inhaling huge lungfuls of air as I did so , I looked forward keenly to demolishing my opponent with my supra-sonic service , my cunning topspins , bottomspins , sidespins , every-this-and-thatspins . |
| 26 | In 1990 we heralded the dawning of a New Europe — in 1992 we can advance as true Europeans , looking forward especially to a closer partnership with our friends in Dieppe , Rouen and Lille . |
| 27 | I look forward especially to a future opportunity to develop his views on the desirability of keeping national insurance contributions as low as possible and of working out exactly how that fits in with the policies of some of his right hon. and hon. Friends , but that is for another occasion , Madam Deputy Speaker . |
| 28 | They were standing side by side now , and came forward together to the car , and although Jim Gordon had not got his hand on Steve 's shoulder , Rose got the distinct impression he might have had . |
| 29 | He was , par excellence , both Pole and European , looking forward eagerly to the day of the creation of a united Europe — to him the ‘ motherland of motherlands ’ — free from the control of or undue influence from the two super powers . |
| 30 | Every one satisfied , and looking forward eagerly to future developments , they cut up the hare and called Farquhar in . |