Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] the next " in BNC.

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1 Epic were the memories of the subsequent hearty celebrations , with the Hampshire players soaked in ‘ Lordship 's ’ champagne ; with the train back to Southampton ‘ virtually rocked ’ by the near hysterical merrymaking ; with , in a final Wooster-like-oddity , Tennyson having first led his team to the train for Northampton , where , indeed , Warwickshire were playing the next day .
2 El País reported that " a dozen " Nahda leaders were detained the next day .
3 The police were called the next day .
4 Just when we thought we were comfortably settled , Mrs Brown informed us that some friends who took a stall in the Bedford market were coming the next Saturday and that , as she had always put them up , would we mind sleeping in the kitchen on a sofa and a shake-down ?
5 Iida 's remains were buried the next day .
6 The formal US indictments were issued the next day .
7 If the Tories were to form the next government then Chris Patten would be found a seat , if necessary .
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