Example sentences of "[prep] the next [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | For the next fortnight it was examined section by section . |
2 | On stage I still have humbuckers in everything , although for the next tour I hope to change my amp setup to accommodate single coil guitars as well . |
3 | For the next half-hour we watched hundreds of Allied planes bombing the town of Caen a few miles away from our positions . |
4 | For the next half-hour I rattled the results as they came in from local stations all over the country . |
5 | She had dismissed as rubbish Nina 's allegations that the men thought he was interested in her , but she had to admit he was good company , and for the next half-hour he entertained her with stories of his work in Australia , of the people he 'd met and of his excursions into the bush and to the Great Barrier Reef . |
6 | Then when the social worker turned her attention back to the traffic , Gilly carefully spread the gum under the handle of the left-hand door as a sticky surprise for the next person who might try to open it . |
7 | For the next issue they are contemplating using the latest catwalk star , the waif-like Kate Moss . |
8 | And for the next part we 're going to divide hopefully into groups and what I 'd like you to consider is when you 're thinking about buying a product , what questions you ask . |
9 | For the next part you need an overhead projector . |
10 | ‘ For the next year I devoured every written word I could find on dolphins and whales . |
11 | It is a struggle Ellen and no mistake and though I have been thrifty as mother brought us all up to be and the rent is paid for the next year I am hard put to pay wages and still eat and keep warm . |
12 | For the next race he suggested a nag called My Delight . |
13 | For the next hour we silently suffered their ribald comments and downright abuse . |
14 | He probably thought it was the gale that blasted his door open , but for the next hour he was busy dispensing more whisky than he would normally expect to sell in a week . |
15 | For the next hour he wrote out his thoughts slowly , then rewrote the simple account of what had taken place on 18 July 1918 during the second battle of the Marne . |
16 | A ten For the next hour I took delivery of many additional purchases , the vast majority of which I could n't remember purchasing . |
17 | And road ripped ready for the next day you see ? |
18 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
19 | When you 're giving feedback to people , yes , there were going to bad things about what they 've done , yes , there 's going to be good things , but if you can catch the bad things between two good things , even if the good things are just saying thank you , they 're going to go away with a bigger smile on their face , and probably feel more motivated for the next time they do that task . |
20 | Er , you will be listened to , er , and that will create , and you will have influence , and that cycle will take you back into the positive memories for the next time you try and change something . |
21 | When the camcorder battery warning light comes on , recharge the battery to ensure that it is ready for the next time it is needed . |
22 | But then the other man seemed to regain control of himself , for the next moment he was shinning up the rope as though he had just realised his life depended on it — quite literally ! |
23 | For the next moment he was kissing her and she was instantly realising that nothing quite so exciting had ever happened to her before . |
24 | For the next week we were to play a game ( unheard of in the UK ) called Hunt the Politician . |
25 | For the next week we travelled across rolling , well-cultivated country intersected by steep ravines that developed into spectacular gorges at the edge of the plateau . |
26 | I knew that it did not , and could not , but for the next week I found myself despairing as if it did . |
27 | For the next week I thought long and hard about undertaking an interview with the Queen Mother which would cover every aspect of her life but the great historical event which had changed it for ever ; which had propelled her and her husband to the throne , had made happy and glorious a reign which might otherwise have been disastrous , yet which was tragically cut short by illness and death , and which in the long run had made her far and away the most loved of all the members of the Royal Family . |
28 | She waited a long time ; so long , she must have fallen asleep , for the next thing she knew the room was in darkness , and Connor was in bed beside her . |
29 | She must have slept , or drifted into unconsciousness again , for the next thing she knew was that Fen was shaking her , urgently , his voice rough with concern . |
30 | He must have gone to sleep at last for the next thing he heard was his alarm clock . |