Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm bookies yesterday slashed odds on Prince William becoming the next king because of an exclusive Sun story , I do n't think . |
| 2 | Gower stroked the next ball , after the unseemly delay , through point for four with a kind of moral fervour , but Gooch fell before the interval , given out by umpire Shepherd , who felt the legside lifter had touched the captain 's glove . |
| 3 | Following the opening of the Deviation in 1978 , the rebuilding of the old line between Tan y Grisiau and Blaenau became the next major goal for the Railway . |
| 4 | Richard came the next day , arriving at ten in the morning , when only Aunt Lilian was out of bed . |
| 5 | But the effort proved too much to sustain and Reykjavik scored the next 13 points to put the issue beyond doubt . |
| 6 | Swallowing hard on the disappointment , Andy spent the next few years taking even more blows on the chin . |
| 7 | The same thing happened in Holland and ATS gave the next three races a miss to try to fix the problems . |
| 8 | The process of attributing the blame to Paisley continued the next day with a debate in Stormont in which a Labour member said : |
| 9 | A rhythmic motive from the Symphonie generates the next movement , an air still in the tonic in which word-stress and musical rhythm are ( deliberately ? ) out of kilter ( ex.12 ) . |
| 10 | Agatha phoned the next day and said : ‘ You never told me the Queen had been . ’ |
| 11 | What would Mr Seeders do the next time he came in ? |
| 12 | Back at the villa , after she 'd showered and changed , Ronni spent the next hour pacing her room . |
| 13 | Mrs Molesworth spent the next four years in France and Germany , but returned to England permanently in 1883 . |
| 14 | The tournament proved to be Gascoigne 's finest hour … he became a superstar overnight … and Jane spent the next 2 years helping him arrange a multi million pound transfer to the Rome club Lazio . |
| 15 | Lorton told Tolby to take the next left turn . |
| 16 | It was difficult to reach an agreed policy and the CDP was now waiting for the CNAA to make the next move' . |
| 17 | Zara Wolseley took the first set of her Under-18 match with Jo Ward 6-4 but at the end of a hard encounter saw Ward claim the next two sets 6-3 6-2 for victory . |
| 18 | Tom and Mr Fletcher fixed the next flat piece onto the front of the shelter . |
| 19 | Mark Sanders spent the next few days in his office , working late into the night to finalise the ten year European Business Plan and to summarise the massive document into a sixty minute presentation illustrated by thirty slides . |
| 20 | She married in 1869 but her husband Dr William Hicks Bryant died the next year . |
| 21 | Mr Willis said the next stage was to look at design development and engineering performance . |
| 22 | A doctor at Wycombe General , Bucks , told Tom to return the next day and refused to lend him crutches . |
| 23 | The team of people from different countries which produces the New Internationalist meets each October to plan the next year 's magazines . |
| 24 | Should South Africa host the next World Cup ? |
| 25 | Sam loves the next bit . |
| 26 | When Willie woke the next day , there was something altogether unusual about the morning . |
| 27 | Sam spent the next morning poking his broom everywhere it was wanted and a few places it was n't until he had swept up several titbits of very interesting information . |
| 28 | Seb spent the next few days wrestling with very tangled emotions . |
| 29 | Harry left the next day , having asked Oliver to write to him secretly with news of his mother and Rose . |
| 30 | ‘ A lot of blue in this picture of yours , ’ Mackintosh said the next day . |