Example sentences of "look forward to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — ‘ in thought I see my past madness ’ ; these two cries are from the Arnaut Daniel speech ending Purgatorio XXVI , where the poet condemned to the circle of lust prays for the hearer 's consideration and looks forward to the release from the to tortures meted out to the lustful . |
| 2 | And then he looks forward to the weekends and that . |
| 3 | He looks forward to the day when home computers are so widespread that the price for software will drop by 75 per cent . |
| 4 | There is no doubt she feels that she has paid a high price for her royal life and looks forward to the day when she can spend a weekend in Paris or , as she says , ‘ I can run along a beach without a policeman following me ’ . |
| 5 | Birthtales looks forward to the day when these female experiences are considered to be a valid subjects for inclusion in galleries . |
| 6 | ‘ But he so looks forward to the Bois . |
| 7 | Campaign TV John Dugdale looks forward to the night of the swingometer |
| 8 | But it is also a hotel which actively looks forward to the future . |
| 9 | The new Executive looks forward to the future , with a stern brow , a firm hand on the tiller and a will to be successful . |
| 10 | George looks back to the past and Nick looks forward to the future . |
| 11 | Although her poetry often speaks of ill health and many times looks forward to the poet 's early death , she died of measles , a sudden illness which she was too weak to withstand . |
| 12 | She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion . |
| 13 | The Pharisees looked forward to the coming of the Messiah . |
| 14 | I had greatly looked forward to the meeting , hoping to hear words of wit and wisdom about the law , and perhaps a few good legal anecdotes . |
| 15 | Such a shame really , since I was so looking forward to the day . |
| 16 | We could n't do a thing about it , only get on with our jobs , living from day to day and , being young , looking forward to the day — surely not too far ahead — when things would start moving in our favour again . |
| 17 | Clearly , the writer is also looking forward to the day when the Word of God will become flesh and live among us . |
| 18 | He once said he was ‘ looking forward to the day I can go fishing without someone sitting in the back of the boat saying do n't I know there 's a war on ’ . |
| 19 | My reason for not having done it myself and my father 's reasons for not having done it with the National Gallery is that , in the case of Yale , I 'm looking forward to the day when there 'll be other people interested in English art who will give paintings or money to the Center for British Art just because it is the Center for British Art , where they would n't do it if it was the Paul Mellon Center for British Art . |
| 20 | Helen is looking forward to the day when Jenny can also be treated but this ca n't be done until she stops growing . |
| 21 | Even though he was looking forward to the day when she moved on , he was already beginning to sense that her leaving would be something of a wrench . |
| 22 | She said she 's looking forward to the day that we get it fixed ! |
| 23 | Susan Cole-King from Burcott has already been ordained ; it was into the Episcopal Church in the United States four years ago , but Mrs Cole-King , who works as a deacon for the Oxford diocese at Dorchester , is looking forward to the day she 'll be able to act as a priest closer to home . |
| 24 | He added : ‘ I feel fine now and am looking forward to the presentation next week . ’ |
| 25 | Friends say they had been looking forward to the holiday for months . |
| 26 | ‘ He was devoted to his little girl and looking forward to the birth of his son . ’ |
| 27 | The other instance : we are told on unimpeachable authority that a woman is looking forward to the birth of her daughter ; years later we read of a young man arriving on the scene . |
| 28 | Gail , who is also looking forward to the birth of her first baby in November , said : ‘ We have just come back from two wet weeks in Bournemouth and said we could do with spoiling ourselves with a stay in a luxury hotel then I was told I had won — it 's amazing. , ’ |
| 29 | We were looking forward to the vacation , to Christmas , to what you called ‘ New Year 's ’ . |
| 30 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |