Example sentences of "forward to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dorothea had always believed in the idea of a new day , a new start , and always looked forward to something pleasurable in it . |
| 2 | For the point is this : not that myth refers us back to some original event which has been fancifully transcribed as it passed through the collective memory ; but that it refers us forward to something that will happen , that must happen . |
| 3 | Then I realized he was looking forward to something . |
| 4 | And it , it does sound , I , I must say we 've , we 've having flowers everywhere and I think the whole evening 's going to be very nice and we 're looking forward to everybody enjoying themselves and having a good time . |
| 5 | If so , would you kindly forward to him the tiny little package ? |
| 6 | You know they looked forward to him coming round ? |
| 7 | Jim burst out excitedly , hurrying forward to him with Louise in tow . |
| 8 | I spoke to Michael some time ago , he 's getting better , and I look forward to him resuming his duties . |
| 9 | The event was such a success that club members are very much looking forward to him making a return visit . |
| 10 | The young academic coolly eyed the embattled farmer and , commenting upon the destruction wrought upon the fen , looked forward to its return to wilderness after the war , so that it could act as a buffer for the nature reserve of Wicken Fen against the farmed land : |
| 11 | The emphasis in what follows will be on those who moved the matter forward to its ultimate , if unforeseen , conclusion . |
| 12 | These lines illustrate the sententious moralizing that the eighteenth-century reader would associate with the stanza , and look forward to its even more emphatic use in Elegiac Stanzas ( p. 140 ) . |
| 13 | It collects these flakes with the brush near the end of its hind legs and passes them forward to its mouth where it kneads them with saliva . |
| 14 | I had great pleasure in seeing that extension and I would be surprised if the hon. Gentleman had not visited it and was not looking forward to its opening . |
| 15 | It had given its support to League sanctions against Italy , putting this view forward to its international contacts in the " Left Bureau . |
| 16 | It was an apt time for the old dilemma of trying to forget where you were ( while being excited by the position ) and trying not to think about the uncertainties of the morrow ( while looking forward to them ) . |
| 17 | In distant prospect I look forward to them greatly , as a break from the monotonous , lonely routine of writing . |
| 18 | Now I look forward to them tremendously — and a lot of that is due to Anthea . |
| 19 | The Zombies take on the appearance of people the adventurers know ( and preferably care about or at least like ) and reach forward to them as if in greeting . |
| 20 | . We used to look forward to them coming . |
| 21 | ‘ Silly , you know I 'm looking forward to them coming as much as you are . |
| 22 | It was n't that she looked forward to them exactly , but the fury he 'd used to generate was gone . |
| 23 | No it 's I might , I would , take this opportunity to say how much I appreciate your hospitality when I have the opportunity to visit the clubs er it d they are always very enjoyable occasions and I much look forward to them . |
| 24 | She was not looking forward to her coming out as an Italian girl , but she was determined not to let herself get married early . |
| 25 | Additionally it can become something they look forward to themselves as they begin to lose their faculties and the effort of daily living becomes burdensome . |
| 26 | At the time of speaking Jake is looking forward to what should be a rapturous Belfast homecoming — but why no Dublin date ? |
| 27 | As we arrive at the end of the year it is , perhaps , a time to look back at what has been achieved and to look forward to what lies ahead . |
| 28 | they should be actually looking forward to what , if I do these |
| 29 | Either way , she was n't looking forward to what was coming next . |
| 30 | Coach Romantsev said : ‘ We are looking forward to what we think will be a very good game of football . |