Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] next [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if you were my next stranger . |
| 2 | when I did this there were no there were nobody next door |
| 3 | Lochs Torridon and Maree were his next sketching locations . |
| 4 | ‘ Who is Mr Brocklehurst ? ’ was my next question . |
| 5 | A girl called Jennie was my next friend probably because she was with the ‘ in ’ crowd . |
| 6 | Then I needed a table and a chair , and that was my next job . |
| 7 | It was their next door neighbour , the woman with the red hair . |
| 8 | Long , black , fat-bellied and red-eyed , the bastards watched me hungrily as if I was their next meal . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm a single parent ’ , was her next statement . |
| 10 | all look at that , was it next year they got , somebody got er , what er , another date and it was next Febru who was it ? |
| 11 | ‘ Do you know Mr Rochester ? ’ was his next question . |
| 12 | No. 5 Decimus Street was his next address . |
| 13 | Why am I here ? was his next thought . |
| 14 | It was his next appointment in March 1904 , to the embassy in Constantinople , which fired his enthusiasm for the Middle East and settled the subsequent course of his brief but eventful life . |
| 15 | Built on the site of the old Minoan city , the town of Chania on the North West coast was our next stop . |
| 16 | Les Menuires was our next stop — widely considered to be one of France 's ugliest resorts . |
| 17 | ‘ So what was your next move ? ’ |