Example sentences of "forward but " in BNC.
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| 1 | And behold there were sheep being driven , and they went not forward but stood still ; and the shepherd lifted his hand to smite them with his staff , and his hand remained up . |
| 2 | Or , ’ she leans forward but only the beautiful hair shines , ‘ I might just buy a bomb after all — ’ |
| 3 | Emily started forward but the redoubtable Mrs Dooley laid a reassuring hand on her arm . |
| 4 | The track continues uphill , soon levelling to pass between the walls of Fell lane , going forward but constricted for a long and uninteresting mile with Ingleborough out of sight and little worthy of note along the way apart from a large rock embedded in the lane and known as Giant 's Grave . |
| 5 | HE MAY not say it in public , but George Graham has a clear message this morning for Ian Wright : ‘ I can always get another forward but see what trouble you 'll have leaning backwards on a broken career ’ . |
| 6 | Dad simply pushed her forward but I heard him whisper , ‘ Move along , yer 'olding up the service . ’ |
| 7 | Sometimes this person is slow in coming forward but she is often quite right , these jumpers do sell in the end . |
| 8 | ‘ The vaccine is a great step forward but parents must still stay on their guard against meningitis , ’ warned Helen Buttery of the National Meningitis Trust . |
| 9 | Schuler went to Australia as a junior loose forward but , as the injury toll rose and his form improved , he won his first cap in the Second Test against Australia at Brisbane . |
| 10 | The first French skirmishers were running forward but , instead of tackling the staff officers who still lingered close to the Dutch position , they laid their hands on the abandoned gun , the first trophy of their attack . |
| 11 | They surged forward but were held back by two very large and determined security men . |
| 12 | The van jerked forward but he managed to keep the engine from stalling and within seconds they had turned into a sharp bend and the grotesque crater was no longer visible in the rear view mirror . |
| 13 | The web was so finely woven that he had no way forward but by continuing the deceit . |
| 14 | With hindsight , this may not now seem to have been a very remarkable step forward but , in the context of the times , it was highly significant , the beginning of a quiet revolution and one ill which teachers were keen to participate . |
| 15 | They did n't like to put themselves forward but let the boys be the leaders . |
| 16 | The pinnae usually face forward but can be swivelled round to concentrate any sound which might signal danger or food . |
| 17 | I think he 's done it , I think he 's across the river and safe and there 's a buzzy glow of vicarious accomplishment starting to well up within me , but then there 's a cracking noise and he falls ; I think he 's tripped and fallen forward but he is n't lying flat on the snow , he 's sunk up to his waist in it and there 's a pool of darkness spreading on the whiteness around him as he struggles , trying to lever himself out and I ca n't believe this is happening , ca n't believe Andy is n't going to jump free ; I 'm yelling in fear now , shouting his name , screaming out to him . |
| 18 | Reeling from the onslaught , he toppled forward but managed to keep his feet until a second attack pinned him to the wall and held him there . |
| 19 | She and Sarah had been sitting under the balcony and when the warning was given they moved forward but continued to enjoy the film in which John McCormack sang Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms and The Dawning of the Day . |
| 20 | I am very conscious of what I would not be putting forward but I would include Rachel Whiteread for her contribution to Documenta : I 'm watching Anya Gallachio who has just shown at the ICA , and I would include Angela Bulloch who has been understood abroad more than here . |
| 21 | Military commanders sometimes push a salient forward but at other times they advance on a broad front . |
| 22 | Her hood was well forward but I glimpsed her hair , a reddish chestnut colour , like some beautiful leaf in autumn . |
| 23 | He had started to move forward but Maggie had fixed him with her clear grey eyes and he knew what she knew herself — break into this now and Ana would refuse to stay here . |
| 24 | You can trade gold one year forward but not cars or washing machines . |
| 25 | Dickinson slammed the stick forward but by then be was falling , wavering , spinning . |
| 26 | Now , up to now we 've met , it 's probably a step forward but it will need careful monitoring because there is utter confusion as far as I 'm concerned with , I do n't know whether Apex is a sister union with us or a section and I do n't think Apex know the difference themselves . |
| 27 | From what I 've seen of Bardsley , he reminds me a bit of Sterland — he looks very good going forward but he seemed to leave gaping holes at the back when he played for England ( ca n't remember who it was against ) . |
| 28 | He was very strong ( and keen ) to get forward but unfortunately his bulk did n't allow him to get back quick enough when the other team made a break-away attack . |
| 29 | Faced with that dilemma the plaintiffs chose to endeavour to run the business to an early sale and that is what they did my Lord and er the premises were put back on the market er in the early part of nineteen eighty six and er it is pleaded that er in in paragraph six statement of claim , that in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead er because there were unreasonable delays on the part of the purchaser erm and er the deal fell through but then again in July er after the business had ceased trading , another buyer was found and then there was a lengthy period of negotiations at the conclusion of which the sale price was reduced because at that stage the plaintiff 's landlord was going to increase the rent er and the plaintiffs were at that stage under threat of forfeiture and eventually contracts were exchanged on the sixth of November nineteen eighty six the sale price being eighty one thousand five hundred and er completion was on the fifth of December nineteen eighty six . |
| 30 | In order to comply with the directions being given by Mr to our client to rearrange his finances , your client 's letter in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead in which to put your finances in order . |