Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] for the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Labour ‘ won ’ on a minority vote and governed for the next five years . |
| 2 | She pursed her lips and reached for the next letter on the pile of personal correspondence brought in by her secretary . |
| 3 | And Paul de Levantiére would sigh , turn with a resigned expression to his fitter and ask for the next outfit to be tried on . |
| 4 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 5 | CONFERENCE delegates yesterday swept aside a warning from the party leadership and called for the next Labour government to take back into public ownership immediately land sold off by privatised water companies . |
| 6 | I crumpled this ticket and waited for the next to be called . |
| 7 | Or chortle and wait for the next T-shirt ? |
| 8 | Doris smoothed a hand over her rounded knee and waited for the next question . |
| 9 | An elderly woman does not want to take the risk , hastily glances at the sharp blades of the door , retreats back to behind the faded white line and waits for the next train . |
| 10 | He swung one foot out , to the next joist , then put out one hand and felt for the next rafter ; he transferred his weight carefully . |
| 11 | The bowler returns the ball to his own end and prepares for the next delivery . |
| 12 | These massive constructions of bamboo and paper , often passed down from year to year and re-covered for the next May festival by a new team , were far beyond the capacity of any individual flyer . |
| 13 | So this evening , as we come to the end of one year and prepare for the next , can we spend a few minutes doing a spiritual work-out and look at the consequences of what John wrote about the uniqueness of Jesus . |
| 14 | When we have left behind the turbulence of adolescence and shed some of the more harrowing demands of responsibility for making careers and caring for the next generation , we may seek opportunities to assess our lives and face its later stages with some serenity . |