Example sentences of "[vb past] forward a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edouard looked up in surprise , and the boy eagerly drew forward a chair . |
| 2 | Then she seated herself opposite him , and drew forward a small table , on which were two packs of cards . |
| 3 | The train moved forward a few yards and stopped . |
| 4 | Fortunately , the corner hedge of an adjacent field was in a direct line with the site , so I moved forward a few paces , switched on my metal detector and started swinging it in an arc before me . |
| 5 | The Luggage yawned , and moved forward a fraction of an inch . |
| 6 | So , so , he looked , he looked round at me , he looked at the the other group waiting in front and he was , he flashed his lights at them so that , they realised what was going on by then , they moved forward a bit , I moved back a bit and he just had enough room he reversed right up close to me and then got out but he just had enough room to get out , and since then I wo n't park over the driveway up there , cos you can bet your life the one driveway along that road and you parked in front is the one that somebody wants to get into . |
| 7 | They heard one of the Arabs get out and moments later a metal gate was opened and the van drove forward a few feet before stopping again , presumably to pick up the Arab . |
| 8 | Taking advantage of this unusual spurt of self-criticism , Bill Muggeridge ( P.E. , Games and Religious Instruction ) threw forward a hefty fist and said : ‘ In that connection , Headmaster — ’ |
| 9 | Utterly dismayed , she wriggled forward a little , trying to put some distance between them . |
| 10 | The queue shuffled forward a little . |
| 11 | Chesarynth shuffled forward a place as the serpent line moved up . |
| 12 | Elliott stepped forward a pace , then stopped . |
| 13 | She stepped forward a moment to admire a cabinet of gleaming silver — quite the most beautiful collection imaginable — and it was in that moment that something caught her eye . |
| 14 | They usually started out about now , and after catching me up went forward an agreed distance to make camp . |
| 15 | Yet at the weekend , when the clocks went forward an hour at 1am , the police in Darlington moved in and closed the clubs an hour early . |
| 16 | Police say they had to enforce the law after 1am when the clocks went forward an hour . |
| 17 | Then Candy brought forward a witness who assured police he had been drinking with the prisoner in the Star , another central Reading public house , at the time of the murder . |
| 18 | This year an advert in the local ‘ What 's On ’ magazine Venue brought forward a flood of graphic designers volunteering to design a leaflet and posters for the Film Week . |
| 19 | Acheson alluded to the reference in the recent Sino-Soviet treaty , signed in February 1950 , to the desirability of holding a peace conference ; if the Soviet Union brought forward a proposal , it would be highly embarrassing . |
| 20 | He got the pending Indian debate brought forward a week to 12 March and took little counsel about the form of his speech , although receiving plenty of advice from his colleagues to strike a conciliatory note . |
| 21 | But another important reason for the head horseman 's care was that he was directly responsible to the farmer for the way the field was cultivated ; and if the farmer brought forward a complaint , the head man had to bear the full burden of it . |
| 22 | put forward a scheme to lay a new spur from the Barrow Hill to Seymour line just north of Staveley Town . |
| 23 | The infuriated Abbot put forward a test case by sending a monk with a wagonload of corn across the bridge . |
| 24 | When pressed for a favourable reply the pontiff put forward a set of propositions which would have to be accepted by Napoleon before the ceremony could take place . |
| 25 | In his Politics Plato put forward a myth of cyclical change in which the creator imparts rotation to the universe and keeps it under his rule until , at the end of an era , he releases control . |
| 26 | Zoophilus had not been able to acquire a copy of Vial 's plan but he put forward a plan of his own for an animal hospital , for a regular set of teachers forming a school , and provision for receiving living subjects in various states of disease . |
| 27 | Impatient of this , Richard of Gloucester put forward a further suggestion — which made the first seem infinitely preferable ! |
| 28 | McRobbie and Garber put forward a different explanation . |
| 29 | Last week he put forward a ( disappointing ) programme to overhaul the schools ; next week he homes in on campaign finance and national service ; some day soon , welfare reform . |
| 30 | The Eighth Finance Commission in 1985 recommended the allocation of more funds for the restructuring of prison buildings , and the Ministry of Welfare put forward a plan for improving the welfare of prisoners , including some attention to after-care , under the Seventh Five Year Plan . |