Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] the next [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not aware that circumcision might be a painful , controversial , and perhaps an unethical procedure , but I planned the next attempt in compliance with the editor 's requests . |
| 2 | Actually I , I passed the next star test . |
| 3 | You were looking a bit sorry for yourself when we came back cos he buys flowers and he gives , so he 'll buy them the day before , I got the next day , there their making in all that |
| 4 | I tried the next time with a very dapper man , all pinstripes and umbrella . |
| 5 | Then when I proposed the next day , and made you tell me exactly how far you 'd gone with other men — ’ |
| 6 | She put some spring water on my wart one evening and it was gone when I woke the next day . ’ |
| 7 | I woke the next morning , wondering if my father had come back or not . |
| 8 | He still was n't back when I returned that night , and when I woke the next morning , his side of the bed had n't been slept in . |
| 9 | I refrained from making any statement until I had the erm minutes which I received the er , agenda which I received the next day which contradict the abandonment , but if the idea was to sort of give this troublesome member from Bungay a heart attack , er it failed , cos I 'm still here and ticking , now I would like to go through once again the , the point regarding Bungay and I hope the committee will take it on board with . |
| 10 | When I arrived the next day , Holmes was not there , so I waited in his room . |
| 11 | I telephoned the next day , and the producer , having chatted with me awhile and ascertained that I was not a nutter ( I think ) , asked me to make a programme . |
| 12 | Cos I did erm I was thinking we 're going through this fairly quickly are they really taking it in so I s we stopped after I re reached a certain point and I spent the next sort of half an hour or so just asking them questions and some of the things they got right , some they got wrong so I went back over them until we got it right so sort of help to confirm things . |
| 13 | Before we left , they suggested I returned the next day to undergo a ‘ lymphangiogram ’ and explained the procedure . |
| 14 | I 'm sure you can imagine how I felt the next morning — I could n't move a muscle ! |
| 15 | When I saw the next auberge coming up , I drew in to the side of the road , put on my raincoat , and walked along to it . |
| 16 | I went the next evening , and because for some reason |
| 17 | Feeling ridiculous , I took the next train straight back . |
| 18 | I gave the next sentence a great deal of lip and tongue work . |
| 19 | I learned the next song from my four-year-old son Russell whose teacher had adapted it from an older song to help with subtraction . |
| 20 | We had a bit of a party in the Met Office that night , tearful farewells were said all over the place , and I departed the next morning with my kit and a bad headache , ready for whatever Fate had in store for me . |
| 21 | in front of them , so I waited until I got home and took me slipper off and whacked his bum , I said the next time I said that 's what 's gon na happen , I said you can do what you like when we go out I said but just remember what you 'll get when we come back |
| 22 | As I left the next shift was settling in for the day , writing up diaries , reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea . |
| 23 | Then I tackled the next dish , which had succulent fat prawns nestling in it . |
| 24 | When I awoke the next morning the view from my window almost knocked me out . |
| 25 | She unlocked the next room which had stood empty for months . |
| 26 | Blanche waited for the door to click before she asked the next question . |
| 27 | When she woke the next day , the house was silent . |
| 28 | An eerie shiver as she woke the next morning , suddenly in a cold landscape for which she had no bearings . |
| 29 | When she woke the next morning , she found them even more entrancing . |
| 30 | She went back to bed but when she woke the next morning she was in terrible pain and called a nurse for help . |