Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb past] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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1 | That was her style in the Falklands and it remained her style in a number of the confrontations that she faced over the next years . |
2 | She suddenly wanted to throw something at him , anything , needing to hurt him as she was hurting , but could n't actually reach his ambitious heart , so she aimed for the next best thing : his self-respect . |
3 | Twice she was in the very act , loaded fork in her hand , when her breathing quickened , her mouth drew into a forbidding shiver of disgust , and she waited for the next signal to come round . |
4 | Even if she jumped on the next space shuttle to Mars it would n't make any difference . |
5 | Unless she died in the next few weeks — and why should she die ? — it could be the end of his life on the headland , the end of his organization , the end of all he had planned and hoped to do . |
6 | ‘ Are you alone ? ’ asked Helen , when she phoned through the next afternoon to the College of Further Education staff common room during Greg 's free period . |
7 | She now rubbed her hand over the oilcloth as she waited for the next question . |