Example sentences of "[vb past] forward to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She bent forward to the glistening flower , amid the cries of the others . |
| 2 | As Charles moved forward to the familiar step , he felt his ankle caught , and his body , overbalancing , hurtled forward down the flight of stairs . |
| 3 | He moved forward to the ladder . |
| 4 | Their eyes scanning the looming dark bulk of the house for any signs of life , the two men moved forward to the edge of the trees . |
| 5 | He then moved forward to the person on the ground and handcuffed his hands behind his back . |
| 6 | Leith again came close to physically lashing out at him , and might well have , she realised , had not the object of her aim moved forward to the bed . |
| 7 | He staggered forward to the bedside and stood there , swaying . |
| 8 | Denis came forward to his sister , looking stern and said firmly , Sit yourself down , Noreen . ’ |
| 9 | They bowed and a group came forward to be introduced . |
| 10 | ‘ I am disappointed for the complainants in this case , among them disturbed people who had the courage to came forward to the police ’ , he said . |
| 11 | Left-hander Justin Vaughan played forward to a delivery from Graeme Hick . |
| 12 | He spurred forward to Moray 's side , urging him to bring him to the Regent , earls or none . |
| 13 | She took a deep breath , held her head up and walked forward to the end of the table . |
| 14 | She walked forward to the edge of the plateau . |
| 15 | Vasilissa went stony cold with fear , for the eyes in all the skulls glared at her , but she walked forward to the hut and called out , " Hut ! |
| 16 | Straight hair is feather cut and brushed forward to softly frame the face . |
| 17 | She stepped forward to the window again and looked down from her turret , whence she had the view of a seagull , on to the sweep of snow , blanketing terrace and steps and lawn , rolling on white and smooth to the ruff of black shrubs on the lochside , and then beyond that the grey water , still as glass , gleaming like steel . |
| 18 | He rushed forward to the battery box , loosened the terminal caps and moved them from side to side . |
| 19 | As Philip Gibbs , correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph who was present at the battles as an observer , wrote : ‘ The suffering of all the German troops , huddled together in exposed places , must be as hideous as anything in the agony of mankind , slashed to bits by storms of shells and urged forward to counter-attacks which they know will be their death . ’ |
| 20 | The umpire invoked and activated some instruments attached to the notator machine , then the steel blocks glided forward to within two squares of one another — épée range — and locked magnetically to the floor . |
| 21 | The statutes , and Vial 's scheme for the internal order and regulation of the College , were read , and sent forward to the general meeting . |
| 22 | My father reached forward to the only chair in the room , a small wooden one , and placing both hands on its back , brought himself to his feet . |
| 23 | The case then went forward to the European Court of Human Rights . |
| 24 | Mike McFarlane also qualified and went forward to the semi-finals . |
| 25 | Delaney tried to avoid looking at Doctor Nell Anderson as he went forward to the flight deck . |
| 26 | He dipped his hands nervously into the chalk bag at his waist and went forward to the base of the soaring , twisting arête . |
| 27 | From a record entry of 30 business plans , six were identified as the most promising and went forward to the final where they were interviewed by an experienced panel of judges . |
| 28 | ( That there were actual preliminary deme elections to determine which names went forward to the ballot is unlikely given that fourth-century Attic oratory , of which a great deal survives , is wholly silent about such elections — although the new Thorikos text , for instance ( p. 111 ) , shows that there were some elections at deme level . ) |
| 29 | His candidacy thus went forward to a second round run-off scheduled for June 3 , in which his opponent would be an unexpected late entrant Alberto Keinya Fujimori , 52 , of the newly formed Change 90 ( Cambio 90 ) movement who received 24.62 per cent of the vote . |
| 30 | Quietly she went forward to the edge of the trees . |