Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until finally , after ten minutes of desperate plodding , the welcome sight of a cream stone building arose around the next bend , nestled among a clump of very wet , but suddenly beautiful , rich green trees . |
| 2 | A hole in the wall , through which light shone from the next room . |
| 3 | His condition deteriorated over the next week until he required ventilation . |
| 4 | The sum of£3 8s 6d was raised in this way , and the practice continued for the next eighty years . |
| 5 | On a wild and windy day , with gusts of rain driving into the side of the crematorium , an Anglican priest waited for the next funeral to commence . |
| 6 | Their friendship continued for the next few days . |
| 7 | As sporadic fighting continued through the next day , many Nez Perce warriors became keen to withdraw . |
| 8 | The heavy mob came round the next morning ; all one of him . |
| 9 | But then it happened , the incredible , miraculous luck that now she expected , since it happened so easily and often : the telephone rang in the next room . |
| 10 | ‘ HA HA HA HA HA HA , ’ the little girl went in the next picture-square , and ‘ BONK read the bubble as the typewriter hit her at the end of the joke . |
| 11 | A girl appeared from the next room . |
| 12 | The Sunday Express speculated about the next primate and thought that Ramsey probably ruled himself out by his partisan behaviour in attending the eucharistic congress . |
| 13 | A small , dapper , decisive man who wore a trilby and glasses , the canon lived in the next village and had a passion for small neat things like himself . |
| 14 | The waiter arrived with the next course and they reverted to politics , talking Spanish again , Ward 's tone , his whole manner softened . |
| 15 | The unrest continued over the next few days and by May 22 the number of Palestinians killed by the IDF had risen to 21 . |
| 16 | In fact they are even unannounced — see front page — and the dicier issues of their volume delivery and general availability lay beyond the next couple of weeks . |
| 17 | Sobbing with breathlessness he ran on , and — Lord love it ! — a taxi appeared around the next corner , its yellow light announcing its availability . |
| 18 | They cheered again when the train passed under the next , much bigger shaft , again the sunshine came flooding in and again you could see the sky and brickwork and even trees . |
| 19 | At each stop trains were besieged with hawkers selling everything from chapattis to a shave , but passengers could telegraph ahead so that a delicious and aromatic meal was brought on a tray covered with a napkin to the window of the carriage as the train drew into the next station . |
| 20 | Each movement slipped into the next in an ever-continuing circle . |
| 21 | He had just glanced at his wristwatch , to discover that Cunningham 's arrival still lay approximately two replays of Little Brown Jug in the future , when a woman slid onto the next bar-stool to his and said : ‘ Hello , Harry , ’ in a tone of husky confidence which suggested they had been lifelong friends . |
| 22 | It is the kind of ‘ big ’ development that is very out of fashion with the money men at present , and it is unlikely that we will be seeing anything on this scale started in the next few years . |
| 23 | A major disaster occurred in the next month , when the Crystal Palace was burned to the ground on the night of 5 December , when over 500 firemen were required . |
| 24 | The best bit of leeds pressure and the noisiest participation from the crowd came in the next 10 mins or so . |
| 25 | Anyone close to Laura could not fail to notice her ability to ensure reality remained in the next room . |
| 26 | The pill swapping continued for the next couple of weeks , showing no difference in the population of Xenly . |
| 27 | Periodic relapse occurred over the next 4 months and I then gave Lyc LM1 . |
| 28 | Consequently she was having her first decent sleep in a couple of nights when her alarm clock went off the next morning . |
| 29 | The couple recurred over the next few pages , with Herman becoming a child , then a young man , but never losing his startled look , as if the camera flash were a slap in the face . |
| 30 | The Black Plague subsided over the next four years . |