Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] for [art] next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Self-doubt probably still lurks somewhere so I write down very quickly all the things which went wrong and get them out of the way by incorporating my ideas on them into my plans for the next investigative session right away . |
| 2 | Not a chance of course — I was stuck there in my seat for the next five or six hours . |
| 3 | ‘ Will you pretend to be my girlfriend for the next few months ? ’ |
| 4 | The cab driver dumped me outside my home for the next three months . |
| 5 | I registered in Room 304 which came to be my home for the next three years . |
| 6 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |
| 7 | I regard that day as determining the direction of my life for the next two years at least . |
| 8 | ‘ It makes me vomit ’ , she went on , ‘ to think that I am going to have to put up with a load of garbage like you in my school for the next six years . |
| 9 | She told me it added up to thousands and I had to pay her back by giving her my salary for the next ten years . |
| 10 | She never bought more , nor less , than she would need for her housekeeping for the next 24 hours . |
| 11 | The motley band stared in awe at the figure who would be in charge of their lives for the next three months . |
| 12 | She had been so thrilled too at the discovery that her home for the next six months was to be such an unconventional one . |
| 13 | She turned the corner and glanced up at the hoarding above the cinema 's portico , to see what was to be her fate for the next three hours . |
| 14 | An Academic Development Officer was appointed and an Academic Development Committee set up , and in 1971 the Polytechnic was approved by the CNAA as a centre for its awards for the next five years . |
| 15 | After the break-up with Hugh she had resolved to concentrate on her career for the next few years . |
| 16 | Until recently , their quest for the next best seller drug relied wholly on laborious physical trial and error . |
| 17 | At the age of seven he had been put on a ship to Britain , kissed by his mother and sisters , shaken hands with by his Pop , and banished from their sight for the next eleven years , save two brief holidays . |
| 18 | All because of one silly accident , which had n't even been her fault , her life for the next long miserable eighteen months was to be ruled by a man whom she detested with all her heart . |
| 19 | There , Daf workers who are made redundant will receive 70 per cent of their wages for the next four years . |
| 20 | should now have received their list for the next two months . |
| 21 | It was not a risk he was likely to take , even if it meant him staying at his desk for the next twenty-four hours . |
| 22 | The child is receiving his direct physical care from a carefully selected woman who will be his nurse-cum-mother for the next few years . |
| 23 | That 's the point that Hughie has set as one of his objectives for the next twelve months , is to get the group acting as one team , and not five or six separate teams . |
| 24 | At Sussex University , he met Gail Rebuck , who would figure largely in his life for the next twenty years . |
| 25 | Can you imitate an academic ? — like not washing or changing your shirt for the next few days … ? ’ |
| 26 | The Museum is a registered Charity with no public funding and Mick Miller , Finance Trustee , said : ‘ This sponsorship is a very generous gesture and we are delighted that this has come from an enterprising local company which has pledged support for our activities for the next three years . ’ |
| 27 | I think you might do better to live with him for a while , before you actually tie the nuptial knot with someone who may be borrowing your knickers for the next 60 years . |
| 28 | Should not we include such a policy in our manifesto for the next general election ? |
| 29 | Now make the changes to your success image and to your plan for the next five years . |
| 30 | We all met at a pre-luncheon reception and then adjourned to the dining hall to sample the culinary delights which were to space our classes for the next five days ; four classes with dancing after dinner was the order of the day , all meticulously time-tabled . |