Example sentences of "been [v-ing] forward [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been looking forward to telling Charlie how depressed and lonely I 'd been since we moved to London . |
| 2 | He had had a good day at the office and his head had not troubled him ; they seemed pleased with his work ; he had been looking forward to telling her about it over supper , and now this . |
| 3 | Greg Hocking had not been looking forward to ringing Jackson 's the publishers about the Walter Machin papers . |
| 4 | Ramsay knew her by repute only and had been looking forward to seeing her in person . |
| 5 | He had really been looking forward to seeing her tonight . |
| 6 | I 've been looking forward to seeing you so much . |
| 7 | I 'd been looking forward to seeing you both , and I had wanted to discuss that Unesco thing with you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been looking forward to seeing you , ’ he said , coming up close so I could smell him . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been looking forward to meeting you too , ’ she answered , which was true . |
| 10 | ‘ Dr Blake — Lindsey — I 've been looking forward to meeting you . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been looking forward to meeting you , ’ she smiled . |
| 12 | I am still puzzled , to this day , as to why we did n't simply demand a refund and leave ; probably because we had all been looking forward to getting away so much that we were prepared to tolerate anything . |
| 13 | He had been looking forward to showing it all to her . |
| 14 | The result will be disappointing , not only for you but also for the bride who has been looking forward to keeping her flowers for ever . |
| 15 | Was it still remotely possible that , in spite of everything , he 'd been looking forward to having her here with him as his wife ? |
| 16 | ‘ You know , Pip , ’ replied Joe , ‘ how we 've both been looking forward to working together . |
| 17 | I had been looking forward to going to what I called ‘ big school ’ . |
| 18 | I felt really devastated that we lost and for that reason I have been looking forward to playing in this event again . ’ |
| 19 | Even after his first round of 69 , Woosnam was still maintaining that he had not been looking forward to playing , that it had not done much for his confidence and that he was still very nervous with the putter in his hand . |
| 20 | He had been looking forward to playing . |