Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] the [noun] next " in BNC.
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1 | When I got to the theatre next day someone had laid a dirty red carpet from the dressing-room door to the spot where I normally changed . |
2 | I got into the seat next to him and he quickly drove off , heading out of the village and down the road towards the Orne bridges , leaving a cloud of dust following close behind , no doubt attracting the attention of the German gunners and mortars a short distance away across the fields . |
3 | I sank into the chair next to him and groaned . |
4 | I looked at the buttons next to the fruit stall because what I usually do I go and get the fruit and vegetables , if Jim 's on the right shift he takes them home , otherwise I buy them while it 's quieter , the man keeps them for me , I go straight across the leisure centre to soft clay cos it 's only open on Wednesdays and then on the way back one of them walks |
5 | ‘ I spoke to the people next door at number 26 and they get mail intended for the other number 26 , ’ he said . |
6 | I ca n't remember what I did with the body next . |
7 | With the huge shaggy Kodiak bounding around me , I plodded down the path next morning in Mrs Knelle 's son 's wading boots . |
8 | After they 'd gone , I sat near the front next to Nick and looked round . |