Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] next few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I was conscious soon after , and for the next few hours was in a state of half-sleeping , half-waking , yet aware of the presence of a pretty young nurse , perhaps Thai or Korean , who alternated between giving me sips of water and jabbing a needle in my bum . |
2 | Marilla agreed , and for the next few days Anne planned what she would put in her cake . |
3 | The harvest had started , everyone else was out in the fields , afraid it would rain , and for the next few days Libby and George joined in , stooking and carrying sheaves which they could seldom get to balance . |
4 | But it was not now so easy to get rid of Anselm : he refused either to comply with Henry 's demand or leave the country , and for the next few weeks he lived quietly on his manors . |
5 | No. 1–20 passed into the hands of London Transport and for the next few months continued to work as before . |
6 | When Mary I married Philip of Spain she decreed they ruled England jointly , and for the next few years until Elizabeth came to the throne the following strange convention was adopted for recording their regnal years : On 17 March 1649 the monarchy was abolished and during the period until parliamentary government was overtaken by the Restoration , English official documents were dated by the year of grace . |
7 | To elude Khomeinis avenging angels , Behbehanian went underground and for the next few years lived incognito at the homes of various friend , particularly in Switzerland . |
8 | In 1830 Artis returned to Castor and for the next few years divided his time between his business interests in Doncaster and small-scale excavations at Castor . |
9 | He felt estranged from his father and his new family , and for the next few years was back and forth between Cairo and Alexandria living with his uncles and attending different schools . |
10 | There will now be a much shorter time delay until the next bee comes and during the next few hours lots of bees , all from the same hive as the original discoverer , will visit the food source . |
11 | In June 1933 Edward gave a birthday party for Wallis , and during the next few months he visited the Simpsons ' flat in London almost every day . |
12 | So if you need any help , a ‘ Come and Try It Day ’ , publicity , help with facilities etc. contact your Regional Rep. ( see Jan 1982 Q.T. Notes ) She is already in contact with the regional Sports Council and during the next few months will be preparing an overall programme for the whole Region . |
13 | The manuscript , however , was not entirely ready for publication , " and during the next few weeks Nietzsche submitted it to a final revision . |
14 | Grugel wanted more money and during the next few weeks made further threats . |
15 | One of the features of that day will be a series of mini- lecturers on just about every conceivable subject , and during the next few Ideas In Action programmes I shall be talking to some of the lecturers about their topics , hopefully whetting your appetites sufficiently to want to join us on that day to hear more . |
16 | One of the features of the day will be a series of mini-lectures on just about every conceivable subject , and during the next few Ideas in Action programmes , I shall be talking to some of the lecturers about their topics and , hopefully , whetting your appetites sufficiently to want to join us on June the fourteenth to hear more . |
17 | In 1827 he founded the British Society for Promoting the Religious Principles of the Reformation ( later Protestant Reformation Society ) as a vehicle for outright proselytism , and during the next few years participated in numerous public debates with Roman Catholics , both in Britain and in Ireland . |
18 | The first teashop opened in 1894 in Piccadilly , and during the next few years a chain of teashops was opened in London . |
19 | That first day at school depressed me , and during the next few days I begged my parents to let me stay at home , which of course was out of the question . |
20 | And the passage we are to look at today made me ask several ‘ Why ? ’ questions , and in the next few minutes , I want to try and share the questions … and some answers … with you . |
21 | At the end of January , Douglas Cameron 's Breakfast Call will be broadcasting live from Sydney , and in the next few minutes , I 'll be telling you how you can win the chance to travel with me , all expenses paid . |
22 | Well , that by now familiar music will tell you that at the end of January , Douglas Cameron 's Breakfast Call will be broadcasting live from Sydney , and in the next few minutes , I 'll be telling you how you can join us down under , for the Dougie Down Under Competition , stay tuned for that , thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline . |
23 | A minister was appointed to occupy that new Manse , Rev. A. Strutt and in the next few years , he and his successor , also the Society of the Methodist Church , strove to raise funds in order to build a large church , with extra vestries , on the remaining section of the site , situated on the corner of Barrowgate Road . |
24 | The basic chemical structure common to promethazine and chlorpromazine provided a good basis from which to begin the search for compounds which were better than chlorpromazine , and in the next few years many came into clinical use . |
25 | The most promising compounds were selected and studied in many laboratories , and in the next few years a substantial number of monoamine oxidase inhibitors went into clinical trials , and some into widespread clinical use . |
26 | Despite this somewhat unstable basis the Company did quite well until 1630 when trade was dislocated by a famine in Gujerat , and in the next few years its legal position was undermined because Charles I allowed the Courteen family — whose interests in the West Indies had suffered because he had given away their rights in certain islands inadvertently — to trade with India without any regard for the Company 's charter . |
27 | Within a month of nationalisation , the Authority 's commercial manager had identified the more serious black spots in which tariffs for additional domestic kWh were below ¾d. — which he reckoned to be the level required to cover costs — and in the next few months prices were generally raised to this level as a ‘ first aid ’ measure , pending the development of a proper pricing policy . |
28 | Now and in the next few seconds . |
29 | Unfortunately , the donor must have been infected with the Aids virus just before his death , and over the next few years seven of his beneficiaries have become HIV positive . |
30 | What is the manpower requirement at present and over the next few years ? |