Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debts were carried on to the next account ; there was certainly none of the easy attitude of the old 17th Century German masters who regularly wrote workers ' debts off . |
| 2 | Extensive geological and geophysical surveys were carried out over the next two years , and the governments negotiated with an international group of banks interested in financing the construction of the tunnel . |
| 3 | I made contact , and the arrangements were firmed up over the next week . |
| 4 | Our names and numbers were called out in the next group , so we joined the slowly moving line of girls and passed through the demobilisation process almost together . |
| 5 | The identification with the ‘ home town ’ ( furusato ) was carried on into the next , urban-born generation . |
| 6 | The youngsters were so delighted when the final whistle went that they all jumped on the luckless coach , bruising his ribs so badly that he was ruled out of the next weekend 's third team fixture . |
| 7 | Each table was cut off from the next by screens of greenery ; even so , from where he sat he had a view of what was happening at other tables and on other levels . |
| 8 | Although Taylor had a number of players out injured , Hateley was left out for the next match . |
| 9 | The women complained to the station master — and Knowles was taken off at the next station . |