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 . |