Example sentences of "[verb] next to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Juliet found herself squeezed next to Dr Kent , and was acutely aware of the pressure of his body , and his faint aroma of spearmint and Savlon . |
| 2 | As somebody once said , celibacy lies next to orgasm . |
| 3 | His farm lies next to Burnfoot and he fears approval for further planting there will start a domino effect throughout the valley . |
| 4 | His furniture is a jumble of good and bad ; a magnificent Bokhara carpet lies next to straw mats , and engravings of fashionable society and sacred icons confront one another . |
| 5 | Many of its quarries are located next to sites owned by large players such as Tarmac and ARC . |
| 6 | Georg next to Frau Hoflin — hard on his old friend , but at least Georg was comfortable with her and she would be motherly and kind to him . |
| 7 | Few were shocked because they had already heard the story and sexual embellishments like ‘ his whole body trembling and shuddering next to mine … ’ and ‘ this was an Irish Famine of the flesh ’ added little . |
| 8 | One comes and stands next to Tony , watching as he secures the last bit to his boat . |
| 9 | He does manage carefully prepared appearances in public , he does see journalists ( this interview was conducted by telephone , still his chief channel of communication ) , it does sometimes seem as if every second person on the London meeja circuit has sat next to Rushdie at some dinner party . |
| 10 | On single bed work , where a needle is tucking , it holds the last knitted stitch , plus collecting a loop of yarn every time , until these are all knitted off together when the needle is programmed next to knit . |
| 11 | Mr Cooper drove it straight into the barn and stopped next to Nebbins |
| 12 | The Family Health Services caravan , the Health Express , will be parked next to Sacriston Post Office all week offering general health information . |
| 13 | Of course , they may have to write next to Hannah-Barbra , makers of the cartoon series The Flintstones , to persuade them to change the ending to all the episodes in which Fred lets out the family mogg . |
| 14 | He sold it in 1989 to John Kluge , the richest man in the US , whose wife fancied living next to Balmoral . |
| 15 | Mick Hayes believes the only way to get to the bottom of whether living next to power cables can damage your health is a full-scale Government inquiry . |
| 16 | They are apparently quite relaxed about living next to railway stations , provided they are not used to their full capacity . |
| 17 | He arrives next to Keith . |
| 18 | Breaking up the concrete driveway came next to make way for lawns , borders and a pond . |
| 19 | His Journal records his disgust with the " savage ignorance and wickedness " of the Newcastle colliers who assembled on Sundays to " dance , fight , curse and swear and play at chuck-ball , span-farthing , or whatever came next to hand " . |
| 20 | If a new bus station is built next to Waverley Station to replace St Andrews Sq ( which seems a good idea ) , coaches could then use South Bridge as the main route out to the south ( as they do at present — but it 's very congested ) . |
| 21 | Walking down the Promenade to the Albion Hotel for luncheon , with Samuel striding ahead like Stonewall Jackson , and Gwendolen having found an apparent soul mate in Lord Beddington , Oliver found himself forced to walk next to Angelina . |
| 22 | You 've been drawn next to Jack Butler . ’ |
| 23 | stand next to mummy |
| 24 | What would you like next to address ? |
| 25 | Revenues from gambling have meant an £18 million windfall for his Historic Preservation Society which has restored Main Street and Mount Moriah cemetery where Bill Hickok is buried next to Calamity Jane . |
| 26 | The woman lying next to Implexion had woken up too . |
| 27 | Others were in pairs , lying next to tangles of black metal that must have been mortars and missile launchers before Ace had destroyed them . |
| 28 | Then I felt my sleeve being tugged downwards and my feet swept from under me and suddenly I was lying next to Werewolf . |
| 29 | You start off by asking questions by the if you like and talking to people , getting to know people , getting next to people . |
| 30 | Bee World — a new attraction — opens next to Stogumber Station in 1992 . |