Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Headteachers were allowed to move sums of money from one category to another ( virement ) and under/overspends were carried to the next year . |
| 2 | As we were walking to the next hole I tried to think of the right things to say to him , so I said , ‘ Greg , do me a favour . |
| 3 | On Jan. 3 eight opposition groups threatened to withdraw from the talks unless a complete report were presented at the next session on the disbanding of the security police and the disarming of former security officers . |
| 4 | And they were going in the next morning , oh they 'd phoned up they 'd cancelled . |
| 5 | Zak and Emil arrived together at that point , Emil ready to set the tables for lunch , Zak in theatrical exasperation demanding to know if the actors were to put on the next scene before the meal as originally planned , and if not , when ? |
| 6 | Maelmuire has nothing to fear from you now , nor have I. What was that you were saying about the next generation — and where and what they would rule ? |
| 7 | The Old Mill , at the west end of the village , was still operative until the early years of the Second World War , and the New Mill at the east end , which lost its sails in a gale so severe that parts of them were found in the next village , has been restored in recent years and is now a very attractive dwelling . |
| 8 | The lights were dimmed for the next act , and a roll of drums announced two gorgeous showgirls , who were picked out by spotlights . |
| 9 | With only a slight quickening of their pace , Roderick Random , the eponymous hero of Smollett 's 1739 novel , and his companion caught up with the carrier wagon and for a shilling were taken to the next inn on their journey from Newcastle to London . |
| 10 | TWO boozy Geordie dads were put on the next flight home from Majorca for having no papers . |
| 11 | Having finished her spot , the soprano left the stage and rejoined her husband and the Concert Secretary who were sitting at the next table . |
| 12 | The Bootle Times wanted us to put them up again for a photograph , and they were left until the next day because it was raining . ’ |
| 13 | They stayed quite still , smiling back at it , until it disappeared with a plop , leaving ripples of disturbance that were erased by the next wave . |
| 14 | You made sure those words were learnt for the next day . |
| 15 | ‘ Shit ’ was painted on the next flagstone . |
| 16 | The changeover from the domestic system of manufacture to that of the textile mill was completed during the next generation . |
| 17 | This was the end of the first visit and a date , 10 days away , was arranged for the next visit . |
| 18 | This was received in the next room on Creed teleprinters from the wires of the Canadian Press . |
| 19 | Expansion of the routes was expected over the next decade . |
| 20 | Nobody else was moved over the next couple of days so we talked endlessly about what it might mean . |
| 21 | There had always been bad blood between Robert and Edward Bruce ; now this was transmitted to the next generation apparently . |
| 22 | Ayliffe chaired the committee which produced the draft of the new constitution which was adopted by the next Congress in Birmingham in 1922 . |
| 23 | The patient arrived by train on a Wednesday , was operated on the next morning , and was discharged 24 hours later . |
| 24 | On the vidscreen a priest was eulogizing about the next life . |
| 25 | Similarly if the formula referred to F2 and F3 the references would change to F3 and F4 when the formula was copied to the next row . |
| 26 | It was here that Minton , whilst sunbathing out at sea on a lilo narrowly escaped the shark which , tempted by a lump of goat meat on a steel hook , was hauled in the next day . |
| 27 | He was called to the next bungalow ; the woman 's trying to sell it ; and there he saw the happy couple saying goodbye to each other . |
| 28 | I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room . |
| 29 | But she was coming round the next day to have lunch with him . ’ |
| 30 | Consideration of rules and regulations was deferred to the next meeting . |