Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | When MacMinimum and I rode through the next day , they were pulling the walls down and even uprooting the foundations . |
| 2 | I say nearly because he woke as I stopped at the next petrol station . |
| 3 | I do not know how I came through the next few months — but , yes , I do . |
| 4 | When I came around the next time all I seen was smoke … and I knew we put the final bullet in him , ’ Destefani said after emerging from the cockpit of his winning racer . |
| 5 | Starving and tired I prepared for the next day . |
| 6 | As father said at the beginning of gruelling sessions in the vacs , the techniques I needed for the next few years — apart from those concerned with sport — dealt not so much with manual skills but with communication , both written and oral . |
| 7 | I did so by dropping some more blobs of gold onto the edges of the canvas directly from the stem of the diffuser and , whilst these remained wet , I sprayed on the next two colours . |
| 8 | I went into the next room and sat down near Lady Furness . |
| 9 | Then the doctor suggested he and I went into the next room for an examination of the condemned woman . |
| 10 | Well I say , if we did and you just took it in and I went in the next day and picked it up . |
| 11 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |
| 12 | Do n't you ever speak to me like that again , I have n't , I rang , no , no , I the landlord either , I waited until the next morning . |
| 13 | I reflected on the next phase , and when he returned , sitting on the floor and resting his back on Masha 's bed , I plunged in again … |
| 14 | The smell of burning plastic stayed in my nose and the bright glare of the burning mixture danced in my eyes as I hurried to the next hole , glancing at my watch as I did so . |
| 15 | This venture laid the foundations for the Hull Arctic whaling trade , which prospered for the next sixty years . |
| 16 | Four people were reported to have died and many were injured during the disturbances , which continued into the next day . |
| 17 | Even the Committee felt low , not one of them arrived at the next schedule meeting ! |
| 18 | Nothing happened over the next two days except the conclusion of the Crystal International Tournament , and a win for the ever-consistent Jose Miguel by one shot from the imported American star , Carl Krantz . |
| 19 | How she got through the next day , she could n't remember . |
| 20 | She hopped over the next puddle , then the next . |
| 21 | ‘ Are you alone ? ’ asked Helen , when she phoned through the next afternoon to the College of Further Education staff common room during Greg 's free period . |
| 22 | She went steadily on , from foothold to foothold , only stopping to peel off her glove now and then and push a finger into the wet fringed mouth of a sea-anemone , but mostly she concentrated on the next step , the next handhold , with the sea on one side of her , the swell of grassy land the other . |
| 23 | She turned to the next sheet of cuttings , and began to read an article from the Sun . |
| 24 | She turned to the next cutting in the hope of finding a less lurid account of the case . |
| 25 | With a sigh she turned to the next patient , smiling as a young woman carried a small child into the room . |
| 26 | I had thought that if you were not following with a score to marvel at Rattle 's ability to achieve those dynamics so accurately , you would probably feel alienated until you arrived at the next big moment . |
| 27 | That was her style in the Falklands and it remained her style in a number of the confrontations that she faced over the next years . |
| 28 | Unless she died in the next few weeks — and why should she die ? — it could be the end of his life on the headland , the end of his organization , the end of all he had planned and hoped to do . |
| 29 | Quickly she went into the next room , returning a moment later with a small linen basket . |
| 30 | She suddenly wanted to throw something at him , anything , needing to hurt him as she was hurting , but could n't actually reach his ambitious heart , so she aimed for the next best thing : his self-respect . |