Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the next " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was not aware that circumcision might be a painful , controversial , and perhaps an unethical procedure , but I planned the next attempt in compliance with the editor 's requests . |
| 2 | Actually I , I passed the next star test . |
| 3 | Well , I did n't think it was anything but rudeness and I ca n't stand bad manners so I got the next train back and left him there . |
| 4 | So she said I 'm sorry , so I got the next nearest , I just can not waste any more time . |
| 5 | I got the next one . |
| 6 | You were looking a bit sorry for yourself when we came back cos he buys flowers and he gives , so he 'll buy them the day before , I got the next day , there their making in all that |
| 7 | I tried the next time with a very dapper man , all pinstripes and umbrella . |
| 8 | I caught the next one and as we arrived at Geneva we were told the flight before — the one I should have been on — had been blown up by a terrorist bomb . |
| 9 | I caught the next train back to London and my office . |
| 10 | Then when I proposed the next day , and made you tell me exactly how far you 'd gone with other men — ’ |
| 11 | She put some spring water on my wart one evening and it was gone when I woke the next day . ’ |
| 12 | I woke the next morning , wondering if my father had come back or not . |
| 13 | He still was n't back when I returned that night , and when I woke the next morning , his side of the bed had n't been slept in . |
| 14 | I refrained from making any statement until I had the erm minutes which I received the er , agenda which I received the next day which contradict the abandonment , but if the idea was to sort of give this troublesome member from Bungay a heart attack , er it failed , cos I 'm still here and ticking , now I would like to go through once again the , the point regarding Bungay and I hope the committee will take it on board with . |
| 15 | When I arrived the next day , Holmes was not there , so I waited in his room . |
| 16 | I telephoned the next day , and the producer , having chatted with me awhile and ascertained that I was not a nutter ( I think ) , asked me to make a programme . |
| 17 | I spent the next few days talking to Cabinet colleagues — all of whom shared my view that the demand was preposterous — and then went to see the Prime Minister . |
| 18 | I never even learned the name of the man I spent the next two days with . |
| 19 | CONSCIOUS of being lesbian at the age of eleven , I spent the next seventeen years repressing my true self , taking much spontaneity from my character . |
| 20 | I spent the next four and a half months in Kuwait and Iraq as part of Saddam Hussein 's human shield , with nothing except my hand luggage and the clothes ( and shoes ) that I was wearing when the flight left London . |
| 21 | Martyn and I spent the next 10 days camping on the largest of the islands , sharing it with 30 pairs of geese . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This advice I took seriously ; and Myra and I spent the next ten years mostly in Britain . |
| 24 | I know this to my cost as I spent the next few days discovering which Stain Devil cleaning stick was needed to remove most of my portion from Sunil 's white bathroom carpet . |
| 25 | Cos I did erm I was thinking we 're going through this fairly quickly are they really taking it in so I s we stopped after I re reached a certain point and I spent the next sort of half an hour or so just asking them questions and some of the things they got right , some they got wrong so I went back over them until we got it right so sort of help to confirm things . |
| 26 | Before we left , they suggested I returned the next day to undergo a ‘ lymphangiogram ’ and explained the procedure . |
| 27 | I 'm sure you can imagine how I felt the next morning — I could n't move a muscle ! |
| 28 | When I saw the next auberge coming up , I drew in to the side of the road , put on my raincoat , and walked along to it . |
| 29 | I went the next evening , and because for some reason |
| 30 | When I arrived at the station , I took the next train back to London . |