Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] for the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | You made sure those words were learnt for the next day . |
| 2 | The allocation of ore was settled for the next two years in America 's favour , but the compensating exchange of information was far less liberal than the British negotiators had hoped . |
| 3 | We were told that even if inward migration was to stop for the next ten years , 45,000 new houses would still be needed to cater for the predicted natural growth of 49,000 people , plus the trend towards smaller households . |
| 4 | Encounters with Donald were documented for the next 6 years , during which time he travelled on a southward odyssey along some 480 km ( 300 miles ) of British coastline , from the Isle of Man to Wales and then to Cornwall , stopping off in small harbours , boat havens and coves along the way to socialise . |
| 5 | The lights were dimmed for the next act , and a roll of drums announced two gorgeous showgirls , who were picked out by spotlights . |
| 6 | One patient developed a transitory respiratory arrest and the procedure was deferred for the next 48 hours . |
| 7 | Trouble , it seemed , was still in bed ; trouble was recuperating for the next engagement . |
| 8 | And after Haley came Presley , Little Richard , and Fats Domino , laying a freeway through popular culture that outraged left and right alike , and down which successive generations of youth were to drive for the next three decades . |
| 9 | Those assigned to surgery were scheduled for the next available or convenient operating list . |
| 10 | When it reappeared in December , Index had taken over the printing — and Gutenberg 's technology was to rule for the next 12 years . |
| 11 | By 1934 the Labour Party was Preparing for the next election and the delegates at Southport resisted the attempts of the Socialist League to change the programme For Socialism and Peace into a radical appeal for a rapid transformation to socialism . |
| 12 | My first real task was to prepare for the next meeting of the Accidents Investigation Division of ICAO in Montreal . |