Example sentences of "[to-vb] forward to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of those services used to build up a wonderful feeling , and now and then it would become rather emotional with the preacher calling on folk to come forward to the penitents ' bench at the front to re-dedicate their lives to the Lord . |
| 2 | Child care and education providers , and colleges working in partnership with such providers are now being invited to come forward to SCOTVEC for approval to offer the new SVQs . |
| 3 | Mr Crump was alarmed ; Mrs Crump leaned forward on her toes to increase her disappointing height and to reach forward to this man whose every title and reference made him more and more desirable . |
| 4 | I can get through the rest of the week if I know I 've got comin' here to look forward to . |
| 5 | THE TIME has come for the egg industry to look forward to the 1990s . |
| 6 | The challenge now for the egg industry is to communicate this message to consumers ; to look forward to the 1990s with confidence in the knowledge that its product is the best in the world — not to waste time and money on the constant examination of its collective navel and on cries of ‘ not fair ’ . |
| 7 | Those kids had nothing to look forward to . |
| 8 | NEXT MONTH what to look forward to in October |
| 9 | He passed Responsions that June and began to look forward to the payments he would get for his journalism — especially for his ‘ prose poems ’ in the Speaker . |
| 10 | She was beginning to acclimatise to not being alone , to look forward to seeing Christopher : to eating with him , listening to music with him , being silent with him , talking to him , walking with him , occasionally sleeping with him . |
| 11 | Noticing things like that , about Florence Ames , had become usual , something to look forward to almost . |
| 12 | That would be something to look forward to , the arrival of brochures . |
| 13 | ‘ With nothing to look forward to ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We 'll have to make things to look forward to , ’ was the quiet reply . |
| 15 | Those who get hooked have a lifetime of companionship and challenge to look forward to . |
| 16 | EASTER remains almost the best time for a family gathering ; far less demanding than Christmas , and more cheering , with the rest of spring and summer to look forward to . |
| 17 | EASTER remains almost the best time for a family gathering ; far less demanding than Christmas , and more cheering , with the rest of spring and summer to look forward to . |
| 18 | Gamblers who find it infra-dig to do the pools , and now have a national lottery to look forward to . |
| 19 | Mrs Major , who now has another five years of red boxes in bed and official lunches in Downing Street to look forward to . |
| 20 | He wrote under the pen-name ‘ Jayemdoubleyou ’ and his reports were something to look forward to every Friday . |
| 21 | It was something to look forward to while the hours ticked by . |
| 22 | Her very longevity in office now appeared as a handicap to a party which needed to look forward to the 1990s not back to the battles of the 1980s . |
| 23 | Winnie grew to look forward to Jenny 's mornings more and more . |
| 24 | They must , all of them , have something to look forward to at school . |
| 25 | Something to look forward to . ’ |
| 26 | Not given to self-pity , he heaved the problem out of his mind and tried to look forward to the challenges of tomorrow , but weariness overtook him and he retired to the shed and his mothy sleeping bag . |
| 27 | She had come to look forward to the intervals between tenants , for at such times she would sit at the bedroom window that overlooked the street , which sloped swiftly to the main thoroughfare ; and guided by the landmarks of St Dominic 's church and , beyond that , St Ann 's , she could look over the chimney pots and catch a glimpse of the river gleaming between the busy traffic on it . |
| 28 | After all , our positive friend has so much to look forward to that there is no time to be indisposed . |
| 29 | Find something to look forward to ; it does not have to be a major event . |
| 30 | For a Wednesday to come round without a Pack Meeting to look forward to simply would n't bear thinking about . |