Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [art] next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martyn and I spent the next 10 days camping on the largest of the islands , sharing it with 30 pairs of geese . |
| 2 | This advice I took seriously ; and Myra and I spent the next ten years mostly in Britain . |
| 3 | At this time I was on holiday and I spent the next three days redecorating my sitting room ( a boring task , but necessary ) while waiting for the G4 to harden . |
| 4 | At thirteen we were branded either jail-bait or ‘ Still , I expect she 's clever with her hands ’ — and we spend the next thirty years living up to it or living it down . |
| 5 | Three days later Mrs Holt arrived in town , and they spent the next three days together before she left . |
| 6 | ‘ He would , ’ Miss Hatherby chuckled , and they spent the next half hour discussing him . |
| 7 | When they had described all that they could the film was started again and they watched the next five second section , and so on until an entire film had been described . |
| 8 | Only Sussex , not yet exposed to his political style , offered a refuge and he spent the next five years there , converting the natives and negotiating his return . |
| 9 | I do n't think Father played more than a couple of games of golf thereafter and he spent the next twenty years in pursuit of trout , salmon and sea-trout ; never happier than when he was waist-deep , regardless of time of year or weather . |