Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lethal charge that lurked around the next junction ? |
| 2 | The officer pointed towards the Hungarian frontier post and descended upon the next vehicle in the queue . |
| 3 | I crumpled this ticket and waited for the next to be called . |
| 4 | She snapped shut the diary and looked at the next piece of paper . |
| 5 | Yeah , so I mean if you have a win yeah , and a woman that sat on the next table to me . |
| 6 | If I pressed my eye flat to the ground and looked into the next garden , the big bushes there with thick tall stems and flat leaves seemed part of a mysterious tropical forest . |
| 7 | A few minutes after Amiss had gone Sunil cleared up the fragments of cheese and biscuits , deposited them neatly in the waste-paper basket , picked up a couple of books and some blank paper and descended to the next storey . |
| 8 | The car pushed them through the garden wall and they were flung into the air and landed in the next garden . |
| 9 | They moved cautiously along a dimly-lit passage until they reached the steep narrow ladder that descended to the next level . |
| 10 | Doris smoothed a hand over her rounded knee and waited for the next question . |
| 11 | He swung one foot out , to the next joist , then put out one hand and felt for the next rafter ; he transferred his weight carefully . |
| 12 | The crowd cheered their British player and hurried to the next tee , which we were just leaving . |