Example sentences of "looking forward to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tiptree spokesman Tim Huxtable said that they were looking forward to their day out , and that Peter Richardson , Michael Beckett , Rob Hadgraft , Gerry Madden , Liz James and the others were keen to make an impression . |
| 2 | With these objectives in mind , the TSB is embarking on second generation development of both its systems , and is looking forward to their continuing to make a positive contribution to the successful operation of the business . |
| 3 | I agree that the colleges are looking forward to their independence and to expanding the opportunities for further education available to our young people . |
| 4 | I am disappointed that none of those hon. Members is in his place , because I had been looking forward to their contributions and should have liked to address the odd remark to them , but I shall do that in any event . |
| 5 | By the time they 'd parked the car and were hurrying towards the station platform , the little girl 's enthusiasm had soothed her tattered nerves , and she was really looking forward to their day together in London . |
| 6 | And now David did n't want any part of it , and she 'd been so looking forward to their sharing in the discoveries . |
| 7 | After 2 defeats in a row at the Manor , Oxford United are probably looking forward to their trip to St Andrews to play bottom club , Birmingham . |
| 8 | Fans of the Fab Four of the 90s need not fret ( guitar pun there ) , the band are looking forward to their date at the Empire in August . |
| 9 | So we 've got this group of people who are and just retired , they 're sixty-five and have just retired , and they 're looking forward to their pension le lo losing completely in two-and-a-half years time unless something 's done about it . |
| 10 | She would find herself looking forward to their meetings and to their conversations even if they were slightly strange sometimes . |
| 11 | Abbey Donalds spoke to Jeffery and Bungle who were looking forward to their stay in Oxford . |
| 12 | Marjorie was looking forward to her freedom ; no need to be up at seven o'clock to go to work , no rushing back to make the tea . |
| 13 | He was surprised at himself for looking forward to her arrival and the hard , punishing exercises ; for feeling anxious , if her coming was delayed ; for hoping she would linger a minute afterwards and talk about the weather or some unusual flurry on the corridor . |
| 14 | His wife Val contributes a postscript in which she reveals , rather wanly , that she is still looking forward to her honeymoon , postponed because of a rugby match . |
| 15 | Vivien had been up at St Hugh 's , so I was looking forward to her being an excellent guide . |
| 16 | The neatly-written two-page letter ends with Elvis again saying how much he was looking forward to her visit . |
| 17 | She was suddenly aware that she had been looking forward to her new life in Portugal far more than she had realized . |
| 18 | She was n't looking forward to her turn . |
| 19 | It was quite clear they had no real feeling for their mother , and were almost looking forward to her death . |
| 20 | I can remember looking forward to her arrival so that there would be three of us to play games . |
| 21 | My colleagues and I in Wales Link were greatly looking forward to her visit , planned over a period of 18 months . |
| 22 | She was in a rakish mood now , looking forward to her games with Silly-Willie — games that she knew Mrs Kelleher discouraged as too exciting . |
| 23 | Alyssia ended up looking forward to her lunch with André far more eagerly than she had originally thought possible . |
| 24 | Despite a minority of hecklers in the crowd , Toni Childs was well appreciated by the audience who I 'm sure are looking forward to her return . |
| 25 | The nurse ( just twenty-two and looking forward to her holiday in Greece ) checked my hand for bits of glass and then applied an impression splint . |
| 26 | Not only was Liz looking forward to her new life in the United States , but also to living well away from her future mother-in-law . |
| 27 | A YOUNG wife happily looking forward to her first baby was hung by her cheating husband just two weeks before the child was due , a court heard yesterday . |
| 28 | ‘ I have been looking forward to her visit for weeks and was very excited when I met her . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I have been looking forward to her visit for weeks and was very excited when I met her . |
| 30 | 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 . |