Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
2 | So we had to wait for the next bus , which was six o'clock . |
3 | I watched the doors close and then ran upstairs to the empty ticket hall to wait for the next train . |
4 | However , the jokes are a bit stale for real belly laughs , so if you 've seen him before it 's probably better to wait for the next batch . |
5 | That Alex Wyllie , the grizzled New Zealand coach , regards this as the All Blacks ' most important tour since the Cup is a tribute not to the Welsh but to the necessity of bringing through the next generation of players . |
6 | Well , he 'll have to see about the next time Kyle cos he was |
7 | How she got through the next day , she could n't remember . |
8 | With four minutes left I was worried — worried whether I would be able to go out and eat for the next week or so . |
9 | This was the end of the first visit and a date , 10 days away , was arranged for the next visit . |
10 | The changeover from the domestic system of manufacture to that of the textile mill was completed during the next generation . |
11 | Individual farmers had come across difficult times and they needed to borrow to finance seed to plant for the next year 's crop . |
12 | After that come more advanced techniques which students need to perform for the next grading . |
13 | When MacMinimum and I rode through the next day , they were pulling the walls down and even uprooting the foundations . |
14 | The TV is regarded as the next generation of home sets , with a flat screen that can be hung on the wall like a picture . |
15 | ‘ 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 . |
16 | Any other unusual jobs let us know for the next edition of Environmental Issues . |
17 | The little shop had been arranged as what I have seen described as a mini-hypermarket , so I found a basket and busied myself with collecting what supplies I thought I might need for the next couple of days . |
18 | Resource-based learning can last as little as ten minutes : a child 's scrutiny of a repeating film-loop which teaches him a concept or skill he will need for the next part of his programme ; a short programmed exercise that enables him to test his grasp of an idea or piece of knowledge before embarking on a larger exercise ; a work-card unit giving practise in loading a projector or using a subject catalogue . |
19 | In one respect it is superior , as by staying lower down you will be constantly amazed by the ever changing scenery — higher up the views give you a good idea of the terrain you 'll be walking through the next day . |
20 | I 've just sent a cable to the club : list of delegates expected for the next week 's visit — does that sound okay ? |
21 | If I could just add my thanks to the officers substantial piece of work , which is , I hope going to be used by many members to come for the next year . |
22 | Once , desperate for a full night 's sleep , he had accepted her offer of a Valium , sluicing it down with his usual nightcap , and moved about the next morning like a diver walking on the seabed . |
23 | Brisbane is targeted as the next location in 12–18 months but would not speculate on whether it would be another dual function site . |
24 | The Livingstones and Crichtons did this in 1439 , when they seized James II and then settled down to squabble for the next decade ; the Boyds did the same thing with James III ; and Angus found time , despite his matrimonial problems with Margaret Tudor , to get possession of James V in 1526 and dominate politics for the last two years of the minority . |
25 | This is because , at the time this study was done , a machine could not be programmed for the next job while it was engaged in cutting . |
26 | But we do have to do everything he wants for the next month or so . ’ |
27 | ‘ When Limpar has a poor game for Sweden , he knows he will get picked for the next match so it does not affect him . |
28 | Thomas believes that only four teams should automatically qualify for the next World Cup — the host nation ( probably South Africa ) , the two finalists ( Australia and England ) and the winner of the third-place play-off ( New Zealand ) . |
29 | If it was above £85,000 the owners would qualify for the next band and pay £551 . |
30 | Each time one hip thrusts forwards , the other draws back by an equal amount and is thus cocked for the next punch . |