Example sentences of "[vb past] forward [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norwich did have other chances , top scorer Mark Robins seeing a superb volley ruled out for offside — but most of those came towards the end of the game as desperate Oldham charged forward in a vain attempt to gain a point . |
| 2 | The horse had gradually slowed as it tired , until the animal now moved forward at a resigned walk . |
| 3 | The train started , moved forward on a smooth glide , and as it did so the iron claws embraced her , like the appendages of a monster . |
| 4 | She sat down beside him , instinctively putting her arm out to support him , but he jerked forward with a sharp gasp , and she saw the brown lines of dried blood across the back of his shirt . |
| 5 | Urquhart tiptoed forward with a respectful air , as if he were approaching an altar . |
| 6 | He stumbled , and although he felt frantically with his crook for firm ground to steady himself and regain his balance , he pitched forward into a steep-sided dell , upon the edge of the moor . |
| 7 | They shuffled forward in a dazed manner holding hands , their labels hanging round their necks . |
| 8 | Whitlock saw the anger in Philpott 's eyes and stepped forward with a placating smile . |
| 9 | Alec Davidson stepped forward like a condemned man . |
| 10 | The summit of it curled forward like a giant wave at the point of breaking . |
| 11 | The vast red sail burst free of its lashings , the wind filling it so that it bowed forward in a great scarlet curve on which was painted in brilliant gold the portrait of the Golden Girl herself , bubble-curled , lips pouting — Marilyn Monroe . |
| 12 | Her hair blew forward like a dusty web and stuck to the corners of his mouth . |
| 13 | They came out at last and Haile Selassie went forward under a crimson canopy to show himself to his people . |
| 14 | Nonetheless , research and development in post-war fighter aircraft went forward at a brisk pace and over a wide range of options . |
| 15 | King Edward VII and his Consort , Alexandra , were able to influence international events , particularly in Europe , which continued to be the predominant continent and Britain looked forward to a long period of peaceful influence . |
| 16 | Stephen 's quick action in marching to head off David of Scotland had impressed most of the barons and the King looked forward to a well-attended Easter court , which would confer upon his kingship the final confirmation of acknowledgement by his nobles . |
| 17 | I found a large hotel and looked forward to a good dinner . |
| 18 | If by the outbreak of the Second World War there existed a substantial body of opinion which looked forward to a fresh approach to economic and social problems , this increasingly influential consensus found its moment with the coming of the war and , in particular , in the atmosphere of national emergency after the evacuation of Dunkirk and the fall of France in 1940 . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , there was little in the debate which looked forward to a bright new future . |
| 20 | Like the 1970 Werner Report this looked forward to a full EMU in the long term , with free capital movements , fixed exchange rates ( or maybe a common currency ) and a central budgetary institution . |
| 21 | Labour Ministers were eager to press ahead with plans for the peace , and Dalton told the Commons that he looked forward to a full employment target which would be considerably below Beveridge 's 8 ½%; dge ly . |
| 22 | Robert , a keen judo player and cub , died as his father , mother Victoria , 37 , and little brother Anthony , six , looked forward to a happy family Christmas . |
| 23 | When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening . |
| 24 | Now their lunches were a regular event to which Hugh looked forward with a certain amount of trepidation . |
| 25 | We touched bottom and , while the gate was still straining open , surged forward with a sudden collective urgency and wheeled in formation out of the entrance hall into Wymark Street . |
| 26 | More sepoys poured forward over the bodies of their fellows and a number of the defenders who had lingered too long hammering nails into the vents of the cannons were cut down as they tried to make their way back to the shelter of the buildings ; many more would have perished had not a small rescuing party which included Rayne , Fleury , half a dozen Sikhs and a couple of Eurasian clerks , wielding sabres and bayonets , surged forward in a sudden counter-attack to surround their companions and drag them back . |
| 27 | Now Wirral City Lands Executive a body made up of senior council officers has decided to show its opposition to the £30m move put forward by a Kent-based company . |
| 28 | However there was some hope that proposals for " Unity " put forward by a self-effacing and cooperative Communist Party might be accepted by the Left of the Labour Party . |
| 29 | He pressed his arms to his side and leaned forward on a diagonal without falling over . |
| 30 | Malachi Drennan leaned forward with a sly smile on his face . |