Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] next " in BNC.

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1 It turned from the storm and from those inside the office block ; its need focusing on the ruined corpse that lay on the pavement next to it .
2 I recall clearly the photograph of the pit-head that appeared in the newspaper next day ; but the impression etched indelibly into my four-year-old mind was the sight I beheld on the Sunday following .
3 Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk .
4 I returned to our room and lay on the bed next to my dear wife .
5 Jamie came in and sat on the couch next to my chair .
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