Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] the next [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Instead he tossed and turned , hoping Girth the bricklayer 's son had delivered his message to Sir John Cranston indicating where they should meet the next day .
2 They 'll spend the next week battling with each other to see who is the champion student debater .
3 ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home .
4 Monaco despatched a scout to trail him at Bournemouth the following week , and they will use the next couple of days to decide whether to gamble on bringing Lambert to Europe 's gambling capital .
5 They will find the next letter in this word easier .
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