Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for [art] next [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No matter what the future holds for the next generation and the delicate trembling wilderness , at least we can promise our children and grandchildren one sure thing .
2 The result was that four travellers were now sitting in the airport terminal waiting for the next flight , which was probably full anyway .
3 New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has agreed to coach Italy 's national cricket team for the next two months to help their bid to qualify for the next World Cup in 1996 .
4 On a wild and windy day , with gusts of rain driving into the side of the crematorium , an Anglican priest waited for the next funeral to commence .
5 Copies of the charter were being given out during the rush hour at Darlington but connections proved not to be the best with an hour wait for the next train south .
6 I watched the doors close and then ran upstairs to the empty ticket hall to wait for the next train .
7 Got the shopping done for the next fortnight .
8 I suspect that we will find that John Major is both pro-active and reaction , because in the next few months erm up to some time before June nineteen ninety two , there has to be a manifesto produced for the next election , and I think it 's in that you will probably see the pro-active side of John Major and his colleagues .
9 Nobody sits at home waiting for the next assignment .
10 Holly searched for the next opportunity to strike again at the administration of the camp that held him .
11 Chota waits for the next ration of pears from Chris Jones
12 In the spring of 1922 only those households in the Famine area which possessed the necessary machinery and livestock were given grain to sow for the next season .
13 It left taste buds tingling and a palate crying for the next course — a veritable masterpiece !
14 An eerie silence descended over the house as the lorry left for the next house .
15 In which case it also seems a small price to pay for the next generation of senior managers to be blooded .
16 The latest setback will keep the 29-year-old out over the hectic festive period , but gives him scope to return for the next series of European Cup games .
17 Her mother described her as a dog waiting for the next command , and all she wanted to do was hold out her arms and say ‘ Come here ’ , but she was completely powerless to do anything at all .
18 These latter had to go to provide matching bricks for the new rooms and the space needed for the next stage in the expansion , a new Gymnasium beside the 1962 Pavilion .
19 The pill swapping continued for the next couple of weeks , showing no difference in the population of Xenly .
20 The ESA has dropped the idea of swapping Exosat with the communications satellite planned for the next Ariane launch L6 , because Exosat requires a more complex launch into a transfer orbit with a subsequent boost from its own fourth-stage rocket .
21 Individual farmers had come across difficult times and they needed to borrow to finance seed to plant for the next year 's crop .
22 Postpone Match — If the ( human ) player needed for the next match has nipped out to the bog or something , the match can be postponed until the end of the week 's fixtures .
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