Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this canal poundlocks were used for the first time in England , i.e. , an upper and a lower gate fitted with sluices and enclosing a chamber into which boats passed to be raised or lowered to the next level . |
| 2 | In May 1990 the privatization of 28 heavily indebted industrial companies was announced ; another 21 would be liquidated and 200 industrial companies controlled by Greek banks would be sold or liquidated at the next stage of privatization . |
| 3 | Once , desperate for a full night 's sleep , he had accepted her offer of a Valium , sluicing it down with his usual nightcap , and moved about the next morning like a diver walking on the seabed . |
| 4 | I left him there , and headed for the next block . |
| 5 | The car pushed them through the garden wall and they were flung into the air and landed in the next garden . |
| 6 | I went through the first pile , which seemed mainly to be stock orders from golf professionals around the country , and started on the next tray . |
| 7 | The headmaster got up and started towards the next gallery . |
| 8 | She snapped shut the diary and looked at the next piece of paper . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She pursed her lips and reached for the next letter on the pile of personal correspondence brought in by her secretary . |
| 12 | Doris smoothed a hand over her rounded knee and waited for the next question . |
| 13 | William got two oars ready , and waited for the next wave . |
| 14 | We sat and waited for the next move , which turned out to be a visit from Younis and Bilal , insisting that Brian was trying to escape . |
| 15 | The Special Needs Unit , attached to the College of Further Education , is actually decking their Special Needs Unit out as a rain forest , both before and after , so there 's the rainforest in all its glory , and then the rainforest after it 's been chopped down and destroyed in the next room , so the Special Needs Unit are really enjoying that . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The officer pointed towards the Hungarian frontier post and descended upon the next vehicle in the queue . |
| 18 | The crowd cheered their British player and hurried to the next tee , which we were just leaving . |
| 19 | Modigliani , of course , spotted her at once and came and sat at the next table . |
| 20 | Modules in this category are not formatted into the next volume opened but disregarded until the next time hard copy format is run . |