Example sentences of "i [verb] forward " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I crept forward to look at Granny . |
| 2 | Very slowly , and keeping down below the seals ' horizon , I crept forward towards the sound of singing . |
| 3 | Then , waiting until everyone else had taken their pictures , I crept forward until I was only a few metres from the bird . |
| 4 | And , of course , I realise that when I bring forward proposals they will have to be judged on their merits . |
| 5 | Yet , as I moved forward , I began to think that I was not so stupid after all . |
| 6 | I MOVED FORWARD , out of the blackest sleep , to find myself surrounded by doctors … |
| 7 | Once round the corner , I moved forward as fast as I dared , though the going was very uneven . |
| 8 | But when I moved forward , my face was instantly smothered in cobweb so thick and heavy it seemed like damp , clinging rag . |
| 9 | Fortunately , the corner hedge of an adjacent field was in a direct line with the site , so I moved forward a few paces , switched on my metal detector and started swinging it in an arc before me . |
| 10 | I stood up , I moved forward , I knelt . |
| 11 | Nervously , I moved forward , fumbling round the battlements until I came to a protruding wooden pole . |
| 12 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |
| 13 | I reach forward , the knife in one hand , the other glove touching then gathering and balling a fistful of duvet and then pulling it sharply , throwing it away behind me as I leap forward , seeing her pale nakedness in the same instant as I slap my hand over her mouth ; her eyes open wide and she starts trying to push up ; I force her back down into the bed , hand still over her mouth . |
| 14 | The safety-belt held me back as I jerked forward and at the same second heard the ghastly clash of metal hitting metal . |
| 15 | My smile stays really charming as I stop forward and kick , flat-footed , against the edge of the door . |
| 16 | Swiftly I bend forward and grab her by the waist . |
| 17 | Asked whether yesterday 's attack had been a case of spontaneous combustion , he said : ‘ Look , it 's a reaction that I put forward there on behalf of , as much as anything else , the readers of our newspaper . |
| 18 | If the proposals which I put forward on behalf of the Conservative group had been adopted , £15,000 not £1,500 would have been available for practical environmental issues this year . |
| 19 | In 1970 , I put forward the concept of ‘ primary leys ’ : a structure into which all other leys were supposed to fit . |
| 20 | At the next Scottish Liberal Party Council meeting I put forward a motion that Home Rule should be the principal aim and object of our policy and that in Scottish domestic matters all other issues should be considered in relation to it . |
| 21 | So at the SLP 's next annual conference I put forward a resolution that talks be opened with them with a view to supporting each other in seats where one or the other of us stood a chance of winning ; and to this end arranged a meeting between Jo Grimond and the SNP leader , Billy Wolfe . |
| 22 | It could have accepted the proposals which I put forward to rationalise and institutionalise the administrative jurisdiction in a boldly-conceived system of administrative courts separated to a large extent from the ordinary routine of departmental administration and free from indirect ministerial interference . |
| 23 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 24 | In a recent paper ( Isaacson , 1988 ) I put forward two theoretical constructs , coercive inducements and double conformity , which ‘ individually and even more so together offer powerful explanations and far-reaching insights ’ . |
| 25 | So it was with some trepidation that I put forward the idea of his leaping back into the West End , twenty years after he 'd gratefully left it . |
| 26 | ‘ Last night you declared your intention of staying aboard , in spite of everything I put forward against it . |
| 27 | You questioned Mr Mayor at the city board when I put forward the proposal to increase the er turnover figure from three percent to four percent . |
| 28 | I 'll come as no surprise to you that er what 's been suggested would be consistent with the sorts of arguments that that I put forward yesterday . |
| 29 | Absolutely a nil sheet yes , I have no trouble with the referees , in fact at our conference erm when they talked about referees , I put forward that erm there should be a vote of thanks for the referees , because at long last some of them are listening . |
| 30 | There 's an untidy second in which I dive forward to knock Casey off balance , and he lurches against the wall but keeps upright while Des scrambles to his feet . |