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 |