Example sentences of "forward and [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He leaned forward and said softly to Dalziel : ‘ I 'll tell you something . |
| 2 | He leaned forward and said quietly : |
| 3 | Ojomoh , by now the South West England Under-21 decathlon champion , developed into a formidable rugby forward and had just joined Bath in 1989 when a letter from the Home Office threatened to wreck his life . |
| 4 | He stepped forward and advanced slowly up the ramp , still singing in that voice which shook the rafters . |
| 5 | She leaned forward and looked earnestly at Emily . |
| 6 | He leaned forward and looked directly at Calatin . |
| 7 | He leaned forward and looked across at her intently , his grey eyes softened with sympathy . |
| 8 | He sat forward and coloured faintly . |
| 9 | He breaks off from his wine-bibbing and sewing activities at the back of the stage to step forward and talk directly to the audience , as do the four others involved in his life . |
| 10 | She is sitting at a desk , smiling out of wide-set eyes , leaning slightly forward and gazing straight into the camera with a kind of fervent intensity . |
| 11 | I 'll go forward and check there . |
| 12 | He pondered the question , as if she had posed it seriously , then he leant forward and whispered conspiratorially . |
| 13 | Barry leant forward and whispered conspiratorially , his breath smelling of mint , ‘ Look , Sergeant , we know as well as you do that Parkin was having it away with Nicola Sharpe . |
| 14 | He bent his head forward and whispered now , ‘ She has n't got past the ‘ bloody old cow stage ’ completely . |
| 15 | Waldegrave leaned forward and stared blearily at me . |
| 16 | These defences against the sceptic attempt to avoid detailed examination of the arguments put forward and focus instead merely on the conclusion . |
| 17 | Robert came forward and listened intently as the owners — a middle-aged man with an anxious-looking wife — asked nervously , ‘ You say there 's a certain amount of risk . |
| 18 | She snaked her head forward and bit hard into his nose , biting down with all her strength , ignoring his shrieks of pain , trying not to gag on the blood that filled her mouth . |
| 19 | But having h done that and having gone off his toe , he the wardrobe was n't in front of him so much as it was down there by now , and he 'd still got hold of it you see , so because of the momentum , of going that way down two steps and one further one he shot forward and went right over the edge of the wardrobe . |
| 20 | Pride holds onto the past and so prevents us from moving forward and achieving more with our lives . |
| 21 | The attack begins with the attacker taking one full step forward and punching outwards with his ‘ cocked ’ fist , that is , the one that was resting on the hip . |
| 22 | Mr Kronweiser sat on his bed in the little working-class backstreet in Oswaldston where he rented a room , hunched forward and staring ahead . |
| 23 | Ross stepped forward and spoke even more softly . |
| 24 | He leaned forward and spoke quietly . |
| 25 | Putting her elbows on the table , she leaned forward and explained quietly , ‘ He saw you , that 's why he kissed me . ’ |
| 26 | Was n't the idea of the United States Of Europe put forward and discussed quite recently ? |
| 27 | ‘ The car 's passenger ran forward and fired again . |
| 28 | Twoflower stared for a moment , then ran forward and clambered quickly onto the beast 's neck . |
| 29 | Planaria , because they have a head and a tail end , also have a clear sense of direction , of going forward and going backward , which is not apparent in hydra . |