Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of these weeks has its own theme , rather like a signpost leading to the next part of the route . |
| 2 | In Germany a child proceeds to the next year only when he has achieved a satisfactory standard in every subject of the curriculum . |
| 3 | A girl appeared from the next room . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ’ Her old fellow 's smashing the place up and so I says , ‘ Listen , there 's a bobby standing in the next street . ’ |
| 6 | In this business , as soon as one meal is complete there is a need to start on the next , and the ACC chefs of the battalion , lunch behind them , had now to prepare for the functions to be held that evening in the Officers ' , and Warrant Officers ' and Sergeants ' Messes for 180 and 350 people respectively . |
| 7 | Sobbing with breathlessness he ran on , and — Lord love it ! — a taxi appeared around the next corner , its yellow light announcing its availability . |
| 8 | If processing time is negligible there will be an additional half a revolution to return to the next prime track record , and the total time to locate and process the overflow record will be precisely one revolution . |
| 9 | It left taste buds tingling and a palate crying for the next course — a veritable masterpiece ! |
| 10 | We used to stand for hours beside the railway line or leaning over a bridge waiting for the next one to come rushing past , and we would write down the numbers of the engines and also their names ( King George V , Dunraven Castle ) . |
| 11 | All the same , watching the thin , lemon beam of sun catch across the postman 's bicycle bars , she let herself think it unfair that her dear friend , Faith Lavender , should have died so suddenly and so much younger than the husk of a woman left in the next room . |
| 12 | He had just glanced at his wristwatch , to discover that Cunningham 's arrival still lay approximately two replays of Little Brown Jug in the future , when a woman slid onto the next bar-stool to his and said : ‘ Hello , Harry , ’ in a tone of husky confidence which suggested they had been lifelong friends . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was like the sound of a tractor ploughing on the next farm . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) If on an allotted day on which any proceedings on the Bill are to be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by this Order the House is adjourned , or the sitting is suspended , before that time no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a member of the Government for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order . |
| 16 | This was confirmed by a statement carried in the next bulletin of the Association : |
| 17 | He 's made reference , in his mov motion , to a report coming to the next property services sub-committee , and I recognise that report as referred to in nine two of these minutes of budget review sub-committee . |
| 18 | It was as if she had smelt a meal cooking in the next room ; it might not be a meal she wanted to eat , but already it was nourishing her . |
| 19 | I suppose a lot depends on the next few games though |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Husayn could only contemplate this option with equanimity if most of the Palestine refugees moved out of his territory — presumably back to Palestine , an issue considered in the next chapter . |