Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But we were all so stupidly purist then , which obviously changed over the next couple of years , with Peter writing material like Man Of The World and Albatross . |
| 2 | But sometimes he only thought of the next performance . |
| 3 | So his foot went down two steps , and sure enough down came the wardrobe onto his toe and did n't do any damage and then just bounced to the next step down . |
| 4 | Public perception of the war in Europe was of a senseless conflict fought out in the mud and filth of Flanders , with thousands killed each day for the sake of only a few yards of territory soon lost in the next offensive . |
| 5 | By the following month , furthermore , Reagan 's rating had dropped ten points , where it broadly stayed during the next three months while the administration successfully defended its budget-cutting package and won a stunning endorsement of the tax reduction measure . |
| 6 | The substance of one interview always conflicted with the next . |
| 7 | As they moved from one to another , they collected meals of pollen and paid for them by becoming covered in excess pollen which they involuntarily delivered to the next flower they visited . |
| 8 | He noted my suggestion and D'Oliveira 's name duly appeared in the next Honours List with , I think , an OBE. |
| 9 | I dined with Roger [ Hinks ] when Joyce Cary failed to turn up — his aeroplane crashed and , soaked in kerosene I believe , he gallantly leapt into the next . |
| 10 | She and two of the Aussies then proceeded to the next floor where guest bedrooms were to be found . |
| 11 | ‘ She says he met someone from the convent on the night that Lady Eleanor died , and that Father Reynard did go to Godstowe but then disappeared until the next morning . ’ |
| 12 | Looked at one house then looked at the next oh |
| 13 | He then waited for the next major religious festival — Whitsuntide — and made the translation into a great occasion , although with troops at hand in case of trouble . |
| 14 | We unpacked our bags , and then relaxed until the next morning . |
| 15 | They are essentially wordless motets , each polyphonic section neatly dovetailed into the next . |
| 16 | Such was the ferment of the times throughout Europe , and such was the rising volume of political controversy within Britain ( bear in mind also the Suffragette agitation and the conflict over the future of Ireland ) , that a more dramatic tipping of the balance than actually occurred in the next few years might have been expected . |
| 17 | But Laura herself quietly went in the next day , spent hours cleaning up the mess and advertised for a new manageress . |