Example sentences of "looked forward to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UDR 's low reputation among nationalists was reflected in the 1985 Anglo-Irish agreement , which looked forward to increasing the number of Catholics in the RUC but refrained from mentioning the UDR . |
| 2 | I also reminded her of her predictions concerning Lord Lovat and herself , and that I hoped very much to see the end of the campaign in Normandy and looked forward to meeting her again in the Highlands . |
| 3 | In no way could I possibly say otherwise , and I looked forward to tomorrow 's pig . |
| 4 | Often in NEP when thoughtful leaders at many levels became exasperated by the seemingly chaotic situations they saw about them , they dreamt of , and sometimes put through , as in Makarenko 's case , schemes which looked forward to the methods of the 1930s . |
| 5 | He looked forward to working with him . |
| 6 | He looked forward to the development of the country |
| 7 | In the sixteen months between Britain 's application and its rejection by de Gaulle , a body of opinion was created in Whitehall and amongst the electorate that looked forward to Britain becoming more closely linked to Europe for a variety of reasons ; one of which was to reduce America 's dominance in the West 's military affairs . |
| 8 | First , people humming Beethoven 's ninth symphony looked forward to peace and joy as Soviet soldiers withdrew and democracy took root . |
| 9 | ‘ Mum says she always looked forward to her grandchildren , because of me being an only child . |
| 10 | When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening . |
| 11 | I looked forward to the banquet and wondered idly whether Swire Sugden would turn up and spoil it . |
| 12 | He looked forward to rare trips through the city in a dirty truck that stank of oil and pig-swill , the occasional shared chore , the songs , the rough companionship . |
| 13 | She no longer looked forward to each day , so much had she come to dread her sister 's peremptory orders , the changes of routine , the explanatory telephone calls . |
| 14 | I looked forward to my time in Budapest . |
| 15 | With sales for 1992 holding up strongly , the Sunsail acquisition completed in February , and a full year 's benefit from Goldcrest Aviation joint venture with Champion Holding , Mr Lewis said the group looked forward to another successful year . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It seemed Blunset was still wandering through the corridors and Endill looked forward to their next meeting . |
| 18 | In August 1746 Leapor looked forward to a career as a writer and perhaps she felt she now had less cause to protest . |
| 19 | He hoped for one , earnestly , and looked forward to these accolades and people telling him he was good . |
| 20 | I looked forward to the visit not only because visitors from Lord Darlington 's days are most rare now — Mr Farraday 's circle , naturally , being quite different from his lordship 's — but also because I presumed Mr Graham would accompany Sir James as of old , and I would thus be able to get his opinion on this question of bantering . |
| 21 | So I drove back across the whole of the county , from Banbury to Henley to return to Windsor , where my parents were spending the summer with us , and looked forward to telling them the news . |
| 22 | My beer was to be in a posh hotel where I was being treated for my birthday , and after the heaven of getting out of a T-shirt that was generating its own new species of life in the arm pits , and into a hot bath , I looked forward to discussing the day eagerly with my companion . |
| 23 | 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 : |
| 24 | For the rest of the year , the Thrush Green inhabitants remembered it , and looked forward to her next visit . |
| 25 | It was that accident which had led to Agnes being asked to share the schoolhouse , and she looked forward to several years together before retirement age . |
| 26 | The magazine applauded the theory and looked forward to seeing the new machine in action . |
| 27 | At the celebration banquet , Chapman pondered , as ever , on how to keep Arsenal on top , and looked forward to another championship the following year . |
| 28 | I looked forward to reaching my cell , because I was beginning to feel miserable and wanted to be alone and warm . |
| 29 | After this , Michael was able to resume his work on the government review , and we looked forward to his retirement when his review was completed . |
| 30 | We looked forward to going to the theatre every evening . |