Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] his next " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an ‘ Oof ! ’ of expelled air as the man fell to his knees , his broad shoulders heaving as he strained for his next breath . |
| 2 | Eubank goes back into the gym on Wednesday to train for his next fight at London 's Olympia on February 20 , presumably against just another hand-picked mug . |
| 3 | In 1990 they were halted 90 miles from the Pole by wide stretches of open water.Having already travelled more than 500 miles from their starting point in Siberia , they set a record anyway for the longest unsupported polar journey.Then Sir Ranulph abandoned the polar cold for the desert heat , to find Ubar , before again teaming up with Dr Stroud for this winter 's headline-making trek to the South Pole , breaking their own record for the longest unsupported polar journey ever made.They returned in February and Sir Ranulph still can not tolerate running shoes on his frost-bitten feet , to train for his next expedition — ‘ another hot one . ’ |
| 4 | The church and state broadcasts to which he referred in his next letter were noteworthy as containing one of his own , of which I thought highly . |
| 5 | Forever talking about an important matter which he would discuss on his next leave . |
| 6 | He 'd often do that , ’ she added defensively , ‘ go off with a great pile of scripts , looking for his next show . |
| 7 | Now he 's looking for his next challenge . |
| 8 | Nothing was said about his next move , except that he could hardly expect his sister to take him in now , and that he was unwilling , under any circumstances , to move to Purley . |
| 9 | As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim . |
| 10 | Defeated in his next four races — the Irish Derby , the Eclipse , the Prix Henry Delamarre and the Arc — he returned to winning ways at the end of the season when cruising home in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket . |
| 11 | It may also be very important to him that the record is transferred to his next school . |
| 12 | Travis queried , and , for the first time in an age , he smiled as he tacked on , ‘ Now that you mention it , I seem to remember now reading something about Massingham 's taking over Vasey 's , but Naylor 's always got his finger in some negotiation , so the Vasey deal would have gone out of my head while I read about his next business venture . ’ |
| 13 | At the time of his stroke , he had just finished a major biography , which had received critical acclaim , and he was researching for his next book . |
| 14 | I can see fields and reservoirs and a motorway service station , and , given the proper magnification , I could probably make out Parish Clerk Weekley still on his roof waiting for his next photocall . |
| 15 | Rubbing shoulders with this aggressively 20th century lifestyle , are the traditions of the majority indigenous Indian population , who forced out of their villages by drought and unemployment to seek work in the city , have established their own communities and their own markets where they come to buy and sell potatoes and cornmeal and where the Fortune-teller sits playing his chanrango while waiting for his next customer . |
| 16 | and waiting for his next one to come |
| 17 | Edward , his nerves jangling , turned to his next client . |
| 18 | A squadron commander would suggest to me that " old so-and-so is getting a bit teased-out and perhaps he should be rested " , or " it might be convenient if he did not return after his next leave " — these leaves were quite frequent , something like six or seven days every six or seven weeks . |
| 19 | ‘ In his last will and testament , the celebrated philosopher , author of Pythagorean Mysticism and the Ninfanian School , left his entire estate , the noble house at Punta del Giorno , the farms and their sheep folds in the hills at Crotone , Metaponto and Matera , the vineyards that fringe the banks of the Sauro gorge , to none other than himself , when he should return in his next incarnation to take up residence on his territories again . |
| 20 | Hallin decided to adopt a softly-softly approach with his next signings , The Wedding Present . |
| 21 | McMenemy added : ‘ As I understand it Graham said that in an ideal world the longer the lay-off the more games you would hope a player would have before his next England appearance . |
| 22 | Samuel jumped , distracted from his next address on the beauty of the old Assembly Rooms . |
| 23 | This had been the problem with The Family Reunion as well , and it was one which he attempted to solve in his next play . |
| 24 | As this review was going the House of Lords has permitted the citation of Hansard ; Mr Bennion will have to start on his next edition . |
| 25 | He could not wait to see it all back safely in England and to start on his next publication . |
| 26 | He claims to have absolutely no inkling of what will happen on his next page , or what will happen at the end of a novel . |
| 27 | I hope that my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary will seize the opportunity provided by his next meeting with his Community colleagues — which I believe will take place very shortly — to reappraise the position , and to see whether the Governments of the Community could now decide to recognise Croatia and to tell the Yugoslavian federal Government that they can no longer be recognised as the legitimate Government of former federal territory . |
| 28 | When he did leave for his next promotion , the ‘ real polises ’ reading his c.v . |
| 29 | Left alone again the two men faced each other , but Joshua gave Denis no time to think about his next move . |
| 30 | He won with his next ride , Archie 's Nephew , in the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Members race on Saturday . |