Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for the next [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 2 | The Livingstones and Crichtons did this in 1439 , when they seized James II and then settled down to squabble for the next decade ; the Boyds did the same thing with James III ; and Angus found time , despite his matrimonial problems with Margaret Tudor , to get possession of James V in 1526 and dominate politics for the last two years of the minority . |
| 3 | But as you 've got a long wait for the next production , let's move on to the town itself . |
| 4 | Again , not everyone — and surely not McGeechan — would view with any great enthusiasm the prospect of returning to the previous law and the spectacle of sundry sides , but England especially , so often merely playing for the next scrum . |
| 5 | After another couple of hymns and an anthem , they go down to prepare for the next service . |
| 6 | No-one in the England camp was prepared to say whether there was less longing for the next tour of the Caribbean or to Pakistan , where the proposed 1996–97 series seems safely enough into the future . |
| 7 | Each time one hip thrusts forwards , the other draws back by an equal amount and is thus cocked for the next punch . |
| 8 | You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , just make sure we 're not disturbed for the next half-hour , will you ? ’ |
| 10 | Because of Berkeley 's criticisms of them , Locke 's views on language and abstract ideas , views which were implicit in the discussion of nominal essences , are best left for the next chapter . |
| 11 | What pulls Sugar ( and the innocent bystander ) through is their stunningly simplistic pop prowess and the fact that some of the new material — already recorded for the next album — is actually better than ‘ Copper Blue ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Chapman was essentially a designer , an artist , who was always looking for the next design , something different , ’ says Mr Nearn . |
| 13 | Thomas believes that only four teams should automatically qualify for the next World Cup — the host nation ( probably South Africa ) , the two finalists ( Australia and England ) and the winner of the third-place play-off ( New Zealand ) . |
| 14 | We deliver parcels , all parcels for Grattans and we also deliver for the Next Directory as well . |
| 15 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
| 16 | David called Mick Ronson and Woody Woodmansey ( after making ‘ The Man Who Sold The World ’ , they had returned to Hull where they lived ) and invited them back to prepare for the next album , ‘ Hunky Dory ’ . |
| 17 | I ca n't wait for the next get-together , and the thought of pulling on that old white shirt again excites me . |
| 18 | I ca n't wait for the next revelations . |
| 19 | Any decent sized salmon would be bound to show itself as it moved around waiting for the next tide to free it . |
| 20 | ‘ There is nothing worse than players hanging around waiting for the next instruction . |
| 21 | It would benefit no one if we all sat around moping for the next week . |
| 22 | I had n't bargained for the next difficulty : ‘ It wo n't work , ’ he commented , ‘ because my son smokes and he 'll take pity on me and give me one when I run out . ’ |
| 23 | The project is already fully booked for the next year for children all over the county studying the Victorian era as part of the national curriculum . |
| 24 | A prompt then appears for the next entry . |
| 25 | The master at work — shows the girls how to pose for the next photograph . |
| 26 | Yet advertising for the next issue had been booked . |