Example sentences of "[adv] looking forward [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THESE four happy boys were eagerly looking forward to a fun-filled family Christmas . |
| 2 | Mary-Claude was sad to leave because , after spending much of the summer visiting her family with Sarah , she was not looking forward to an indefinite stay in Alabama , where she knew hardly anyone and where , after Beirut and Larnaca , the sheer difference in the scale of everything made her feel uneasy and exposed . |
| 3 | The Wisharts , who lived in North London , were not looking forward to the long train journey one little bit ; being just after the war , the trains were run down , lacked essential maintenance and did n't keep very good time , so the Wisharts regarded the prospects of the journey with considerable misgivings . |
| 4 | the end of the day saw children and parents — tired but happy — set off for home , already looking forward to the next party . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes please , ’ I said , all at once looking forward to the mild dulling of the senses , the ease which the evening drinks induced . |
| 6 | President of ERC , Richard H. Rau is also looking forward to a successful partnership . |
| 7 | She won a case of wine and is also looking forward to a super weekend break in Champagne , France , courtesy of Arblaster & Clarke . |
| 8 | We 're dealing with the day to day running of the theatre ; shows coming in , maintenance , but also looking forward to the next productions . |
| 9 | Dave says he 's really looking forward to a nice day |
| 10 | ‘ Quite honestly — and who wants to celebrate becoming twenty-six ? — I 'm really looking forward to a long soak in the bath , and then putting my feet up in front of the TV , ’ she added firmly . |
| 11 | I was really looking forward to the 1961 Birkdale Open , and not just because we 'd gone so close the year before , though I was dying to get another chance to go one better this time . |
| 12 | Trainer Jimmy Etherington , who submitted a ‘ friendly ’ claim of £9,354 to ensure taking the filly back to Yorkshire , is now looking forward to a long winter 's break when the turf season closes on Monday . |
| 13 | A small market town which has lived off the land for centuries is now looking forward to a high-tec future . |
| 14 | Bantam Press , celebrating the achievement by Jilly Cooper 's The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous ( £14.99 ) of a subscription of 70,000 copies , the company 's highest ever for a hardback novel , is now looking forward to a further boost for the book when the CD and cassette single ‘ Lysander 's Theme ’ is released on 10th May . |
| 15 | If the county council had its way in the Eighties , those now looking forward to the imaginative new scheme would have very little to be happy about . |
| 16 | I 'm being uncharitable possibly , but I wonder if Deanes was n't looking forward to a little publicity over Pardy 's case to promote his book ? |
| 17 | After Richard reminded me of the problems I was about to face following that first flight , I was n't looking forward to the next flying lesson . |
| 18 | RETIRED gardener Eric Lawes was today looking forward to a glowing future as a probable multi-millionaire after a coroner 's jury decided that a hoard of 14,000 Roman coins and jewellery he found with his metal detector is treasure trove . |
| 19 | ‘ Julie was simply looking forward to an exciting holiday in Africa and seeing a good friend again , ’ said Graham . |
| 20 | Whatever your situation , whether you are planning a change of direction or simply looking forward at the various opportunities open to you , the process of your decision-making is an important element of the choice itself . |
| 21 | The raison d'être for this recording has to be the extraordinary ‘ mad scene ’ from Semiramide , eighteen minutes of the most astonishing music Rossini ever wrote , truly looking forward to the great lyrical outbursts of Verdi , and given a superb performance by Ramey . |