Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the next [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may have brought comfort to some but statistically it was as risky as playing Russian roulette , and I laid off smoking for the next seven years . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , because we know exactly what we 're paying for the next 3 years ’ |
| 3 | As time passed I became more and more interested in the intriguing field of radio broadcasting , little knowing that this was only the beginning of a radio career lasting for the next 50 years . |
| 4 | There was no point in staying for the next three days ; her physical progress was excellent , and the proximity of these midwives and mothers and babies was having a most unfortunate effect on her . |
| 5 | Joined by the rest of the Brigade ( two battalions ) , it continued fighting for the next six days . |
| 6 | Now preparing for the next ten years , Stevo refuses to be predictable . |
| 7 | On Aug. 13 the government published a list of television companies which had been awarded official concessions and were thus entitled to continue broadcasting for the next six years beyond an Aug. 23 deadline . |