Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] [verb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am thinking back to the days before the war — the ‘ 39–45 war in Europe , that is — when a reporter was actually expected to know the place he was writing about . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not married at the moment , but I am looking forward to a very happy future with Natasha 's father . |
| 3 | But I am looking forward to the first leg . |
| 4 | A grateful Hankin said : ‘ We have a mountain to climb , but I am looking forward to the challenge . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But I am looking forward to my new role as it will be a fresh challenge for me . ’ |
| 6 | I SUPPOSE a lot of people are waiting to greet the first cuckoo of spring , but I was looking forward to the first hedgehog of spring . |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , I 'm very pleased she 's off on a holiday with her friend , but I was looking forward to spending some time with her … ’ |
| 8 | It was quite sad to leave but I was looking forward to starting my new school . |
| 9 | This made me shudder but I was brought back to my own worries when I heard Mum demand that she gave the lump of coal back . |
| 10 | I had long intended making this proposition to the Secretary of State , but I was urged sooner to it perhaps because I felt that I was reduced in circumstances and thrown from my position in Society , and I hoped by a grand effort to establish a permanent claim on the consideration of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 12 | But I 'm looking forward to getting to Europe to promote it there . |
| 13 | As a younger person I , I would expect that I 've probably got another fifteen years to go to the menopause , but I 'm looking forward to it as a relief from pre-menstrual syndrome ! |
| 14 | ‘ It was a very demanding programme and very rewarding , but I 'm looking forward to keeping my head out of books for some time now , ’ he commented . |
| 15 | I 'm a bit tired , but I 'm looking forward to going home . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sick last season has ended , but I 'm looking forward to the next one more than I have any season . |
| 17 | It 's a shame he ca n't play against his old county , but I 'm looking forward to it because I had a happy season with them last year . |
| 18 | But I 'm looking forward to the trip . |
| 19 | My home town is Cambridge but I 'm moving closer to the east coast all the time and presently live just off the A45 between Bury St. Edmunds and Stowmarket . |
| 20 | ‘ I live in Los Angeles , I just moved there , but I 'm moving back to New York . |
| 21 | I must say I 've only grown two maincrop this year , I 've been clearing some new ground and I 've just grown King Edward and Pink Fir Apple , I 've got the biggest biggest Pink Fir Apples you have ever seen bar none but I 'm coming back to you now Fred , I put to you a few minutes ago , your personal recommendations for the best three or four or five potatoes for the different cooking purposes . |
| 22 | ‘ No … but I 'm going up to Olympia tomorrow . |
| 23 | I 'll write — and I 'll visit him regularly , but I 'm going home to England — to stay . |
| 24 | But you are brought closer to the real nature of Appenzell and its people if you catch a train on the narrow gauge railway from St Gallen . |
| 25 | ‘ But you were looking forward to it so much ! |
| 26 | But she 's looking forward to creating a new garden . |
| 27 | " She was , " Sara said , " but she 's coming back to Moorlake to work for Matthew again — surely you know ? " |
| 28 | But she was relied on to be correct , so no-one disturbed her as she worked , her arthritic hands holding a stubby pencil , her long , old-fashioned mask covering her mouth as she murmured to herself . |
| 29 | But she was determined not to be beaten . |
| 30 | But she was trotting off to the churchyard to clean the stone the other day . |