Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] forward to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd looked forward to a comfortable retirement with his wife Audrey . |
| 2 | I had looked forward to a leisurely ramble amongst the hills , since we had started early and the days were long . |
| 3 | Jean had looked forward to a comfortable retirement after a lifetime of work . |
| 4 | He had looked forward to a day in the sun , the simple admiration of colleagues , young scientists . |
| 5 | I wanted to do the things John and I had looked forward to a year and a half ago , to travel as we had planned , to work abroad , have a family before too long . |
| 6 | Not when he had looked forward to a brief glimpse of Araminta jumping up and down in the sea in a bathing dress . |
| 7 | Unlike most grown-ups , he was usually ready to stop whatever he was doing to sit down and talk , and Oliver , who had looked forward to a good gossip , was both puzzled and disappointed when his friend stood up , spat on his hands and went back to his digging . |
| 8 | SMETANA and Dvorak — the RSNO 's programme had been tailor-made for Walter Weller and one had looked forward to a good wallow ; to tunes , and torrents of the particularly lush sounds he and his orchestra make together . |
| 9 | Out of the disarray into which the ECSC had fallen , the High Authority attempted to move forward to a general agreement on energy , but it was not until April 1964 that the Council of Ministers eventually agreed to a document . |