Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] forward [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are good reasons for distinguishing it both from the level of the meanings of expressions , as will become apparent later in the text ( see in particular Chapter 6 ) , and from whatever more general non-linguistic level of mental activity has to take responsibility for human perception of external phenomena ; a sufficient reason is that speakers of the language are well aware that they can seek to identify one and the same entity or property by using the meanings of various different expressions : Examples like ( 22 ) are familiarly put forward as showing the distinction between meaning and reference ; they may serve that purpose but that is quite a different matter . |
| 2 | Eventually he bent over and told the Head Girl to kick him ; she was amazed but she did so — just stepped forward and kicked him and that was exactly the step he wanted . |
| 3 | Certainly de Gaulle could not have returned to power if he had not stepped forward and risked a great deal in the process . |
| 4 | Project number 1 on the first list , which derived from the first reconnaissance , was to ‘ Develop a worldwide communications system ’ For various reasons the project was not taken forward but Save The Children have continued to take the view that good communications , within the Field and between Field and HQ , is of the highest priority . |
| 5 | City had already surged forward and stretched the Quakers ' defence several times in search of an equaliser when Sean McCarthy beat the offside trap to a long through-ball , and was brought crashing down by Mark Prudhoe on the edge of the box . |
| 6 | Gladys and Patsy both stepped forward and gave Charlie a half-curtsey , which brought a smile to Becky 's lips . |
| 7 | One by one , everyone else , with the exception of Mait and the woman beside him , also stepped forward and tossed a coin . |
| 8 | Er and the only reason that I thought they may have been favourable , would have been based on the principle of fair play , but then erm when you think of er companies who are making profits from year to year which were in excess of the previous years , then by the time three years expired , our members could have been in a loss situation , if indeed they had n't gone forward and argued the case at domestic level . |
| 9 | More people could have been seriously hurt if a passenger had n't leapt forward and slammed on the brakes stopping the coach hitting a wall . |
| 10 | Advanced manufacturing technology is widely put forward as holding out the opportunity to change the competitiveness of businesses . |