Example sentences of "[conj] for the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy was fourteen , I 'd just turned thirteen and was proud of my new status as a teenager ( and , as usual , of the fact that for the next couple of months I was only a year younger than Andy ) . |
| 2 | On stage I still have humbuckers in everything , although for the next tour I hope to change my amp setup to accommodate single coil guitars as well . |
| 3 | Edward , now in Oxford , felt obliged to write home to his mother with full details of the affair and for the next fortnight pondered the steps he should take . |
| 4 | From the many letters I receive I know how popular my teddy patterns have become and so I have done two special seasonable designs , this one depicting a teddy pulling a sledge full of gifts and for the next issue two teddies … well , perhaps you had better buy the magazine to find out for yourself ! |
| 5 | He opened his eyes and cleared his mind of Camels and Albatrosses and Pups and Tripehounds , cleared his mind of everything but the thought of her beautiful body and the beautiful things she was doing with it , and for the next minute or so they were almost flying . |
| 6 | And for the next part we 're going to divide hopefully into groups and what I 'd like you to consider is when you 're thinking about buying a product , what questions you ask . |
| 7 | Nevertheless she followed him and for the next quarter of an hour they streaked up and down the pool . |
| 8 | A servant arrived with some freshly made jus de citron and for the next half-hour the three of them remained with heads bent over the materials which would do so much to enhance Félix 's English collection . |
| 9 | She had dismissed as rubbish Nina 's allegations that the men thought he was interested in her , but she had to admit he was good company , and for the next half-hour he entertained her with stories of his work in Australia , of the people he 'd met and of his excursions into the bush and to the Great Barrier Reef . |
| 10 | To have Oxford Polytechnic , the largest such scheme in the sector , apparently circumventing the NAB 's preferred method of disaggregating modular courses was , however , an embarrassment and for the next cycle , commencing in 1987–88 , the Polytechnic shifted to an alternative based on ‘ subject weight ’ . |
| 11 | But for the next decade or more , nearly all orchestral and instrumental music was issued in cut-down form , without any warning being given . |
| 12 | I knew that it did not , and could not , but for the next week I found myself despairing as if it did . |
| 13 | But for the next week the Circus is very much in town … much to the dismay of the greengrocer who provided lunch but to the delight of those watching |
| 14 | He probably thought it was the gale that blasted his door open , but for the next hour he was busy dispensing more whisky than he would normally expect to sell in a week . |
| 15 | She 'd accused him of always looking at other women : looking , looking , as though for the next conquest . |