Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] for the next " in BNC.

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1 The result was that four travellers were now sitting in the airport terminal waiting for the next flight , which was probably full anyway .
2 In the '60s Scottish football was awash with stories of ‘ scouts ’ — the often unpaid enthusiasts who scoured the pitches of school-boy Scotland looking for the next generation of international talent .
3 Nobody sits at home waiting for the next assignment .
4 The petitioners also asked the King to postpone approval of a constitutional amendment calling for the next Prime Minister to be elected , until the post-election government was set up .
5 It left taste buds tingling and a palate crying for the next course — a veritable masterpiece !
6 SCOTTISH teenagers are not amoral hedonists living for the next ecstasy tab .
7 Her mother described her as a dog waiting for the next command , and all she wanted to do was hold out her arms and say ‘ Come here ’ , but she was completely powerless to do anything at all .
8 We used to stand for hours beside the railway line or leaning over a bridge waiting for the next one to come rushing past , and we would write down the numbers of the engines and also their names ( King George V , Dunraven Castle ) .
9 Er and they 've now got it stashed away in in Australia waiting for the next exhibition .
10 As time passed I became more and more interested in the intriguing field of radio broadcasting , little knowing that this was only the beginning of a radio career lasting for the next 50 years .
11 Noah 's faith was persistent ; through the taunts of unbelievers as he worked ; through the rainstorm ; through the tragedy of knowing that men and women were dying in the flood ; through the long days and nights waiting for the next stage , as the waters went down .
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