Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [art] next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she said I 'm sorry , so I got the next nearest , I just can not waste any more time . |
| 2 | I spent the next four and a half months in Kuwait and Iraq as part of Saddam Hussein 's human shield , with nothing except my hand luggage and the clothes ( and shoes ) that I was wearing when the flight left London . |
| 3 | Martyn and I spent the next 10 days camping on the largest of the islands , sharing it with 30 pairs of geese . |
| 4 | CONSCIOUS of being lesbian at the age of eleven , I spent the next seventeen years repressing my true self , taking much spontaneity from my character . |
| 5 | I never even learned the name of the man I spent the next two days with . |
| 6 | At this time I was on holiday and I spent the next three days redecorating my sitting room ( a boring task , but necessary ) while waiting for the G4 to harden . |
| 7 | I spent the next few days talking to Cabinet colleagues — all of whom shared my view that the demand was preposterous — and then went to see the Prime Minister . |
| 8 | I know this to my cost as I spent the next few days discovering which Stain Devil cleaning stick was needed to remove most of my portion from Sunil 's white bathroom carpet . |
| 9 | This advice I took seriously ; and Myra and I spent the next ten years mostly in Britain . |
| 10 | so I said the next best thing I said is ring Sarah and she said she 'd already sent a gift , no have a conversation with her , is Lorraine coming today , no she said Terry 's decorating never said where |
| 11 | ‘ The superintendent of this building appears to be a broken reed , and unless I spend the next twenty-four hours on the telephone it looks as though we are plumb out of luck , ’ he added , throwing the phone book down in disgust . |
| 12 | Then a stitch stabbed my ribs and forced me to walk the next few yards . |
| 13 | This guarantees that you receive the next 12 issues of Britain 's brightest outdoor magazine filled with all you need to know about where to walk and activity centres , plus there are loads of equipment tests and all the latest news about what 's going on in the countryside . |
| 14 | Can you do the next one James please , thank you . |
| 15 | She spent the next 18 months putting a brave face on her illness , with lots of loving support from George . |
| 16 | Yet she dreaded the next few hours . |
| 17 | A farmer bought a new tractor yesterday , good , right can you read the next four out , er Trevor |
| 18 | She managed the next few hours without any problems — Marc seemed to be busy . |
| 19 | She did the next best thing . |
| 20 | ‘ And I 'll let you pull the next bad tooth , ’ he said and stood up , reached out for her . |
| 21 | She spends the next ten years taking in washing , slaving away to pay back the money they borrowed to replace it . |
| 22 | Although this may be unwelcome , particularly if you are very fond of the place in which you live , the alternative may be that you spend the next few years in a state of anxiety and misery because of money worries . |
| 23 | These days , more and more people are asking me , ‘ Mr Punch , how can we survive the next few years ? ’ |
| 24 | On New Year 's Eve we skip the next four years and go straight into 1977 . |
| 25 | At TODAY , we hope the next few days will bring you peace and joy . |
| 26 | We owe the next great advance in the appreciation of precious stones to the Hellenistic and Roman heirs of Alexander 's conquests which served to promote new dynasties and enhance trade between the Mediterranean and India . |
| 27 | What happens now do we try the next all play ? |
| 28 | I did n't know at that time what the content of the exhibition was because Sarah who organised it all had to write to lots of people and arrange the loans and you know it is fairly recently that we discovered for example the tate would lend , their pictures because its very rare that they do , erm , and , so we thought the next best thing , when I discovered the change of dates would be to have slides of the pictures that Sue was using , but erm oh dear then wonderful that Sue was using a another book and this term allocated and I was n't able to get the slides she picked , it was my fault that they 're not on slide due to the amount of time that we had to do this . |
| 29 | He was defiant yesterday , saying : ‘ If we win the next three matches we could still go through and we will have a much stronger side . |
| 30 | If we win the next 3 then we 'll have 19 off of 10 . |