Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iida 's remains were buried the next day . |
| 2 | We were awakened the next morning by Sir Henry Bowyer 's rough arrival accompanied by at least a dozen likely-looking rogues . |
| 3 | The police were called the next day . |
| 4 | I were flying the next day to Benidorm I 've had trouble all the time with me back |
| 5 | If the Tories were to form the next government then Chris Patten would be found a seat , if necessary . |
| 6 | During his rapid exit from the balloon carriage Sadler had lost both his signal flags , but these were found the next day in a field near Burton Pedwardine by Mr Edward Robinson , together with Sadler 's hat , cushion and , understandably , his broken thermometer ! |
| 7 | Taking two , freshly caught Highland sea-trout , he placed them on the mud flats below the bridge , where they were found the next morning . |
| 8 | El País reported that " a dozen " Nahda leaders were detained the next day . |
| 9 | The formal US indictments were issued the next day . |
| 10 | Epic were the memories of the subsequent hearty celebrations , with the Hampshire players soaked in ‘ Lordship 's ’ champagne ; with the train back to Southampton ‘ virtually rocked ’ by the near hysterical merrymaking ; with , in a final Wooster-like-oddity , Tennyson having first led his team to the train for Northampton , where , indeed , Warwickshire were playing the next day . |
| 11 | But limited partnerships are rare , private companies , which were sanctioned the next year by the Companies Act 198 , having proved more popular . |
| 12 | He added : ‘ We were planning the next evacuation when the shelling began … we were flat on the ground on the landing zone when the last shell impacted about 20 yards from us , injuring two Canadian UN soldiers . ’ |
| 13 | Posters appeared in some villages advertising what was intended the next market day and calling on " one and all " to join in . |
| 14 | Jo Siffert was to go the next year in a non-championship race at Brands Hatch . |
| 15 | The patient was discharged the next day . |
| 16 | This leaven was added the next time baking bread was done . |
| 17 | She was seeking the next angle , the next approach , knowing that she 'd have at the most a couple of minutes to make her pitch . |
| 18 | The clause on which they finally agreed and which was adopted the next day as part of the constitution , read instead : Persons who can hear , taking an active interest in the welfare or education of the deaf and dumb , shall be eligible for admission to ordinary membership on the recommendation of five ordinary members of the Association . |
| 19 | The young dog was shot the next day . |
| 20 | The headline in the London Evening Standard 's report — I 'm sorry , says man on murder charge — was transformed the next day into the more familiar story of girl hitch-hiker getting herself into trouble . |
| 21 | He died in London 13 January 1613 , and was buried the next day at All Saints the Less . |
| 22 | It was agreed the next day that I was run down . |
| 23 | On Soviet television on Sept. 4 Shevardnadze ( a Georgian ) called on Gamsakhurdia to " restore dialogue " with his opponents , but was accused the next day by Gamsakhurdia of being " an enemy of Georgia " , involved with Sigua and Khoshtaria in a " plot " organized by the " communist mafia " . |
| 24 | As the sun was rising the next morning , Gabriel waited outside his hut until he saw the young woman riding up the hill . |
| 25 | Endill was tired the next day but slept underneath the floorboards in History class . |
| 26 | She was woken the next morning by Bridget , who appeared in her room carrying a cup of tea and a copy of the Sunday Herald . |
| 27 | Witnesses working near the river bank in Gloucester where a body was found the next day , told the jury at Bristol Crown Court of hearing screams . |
| 28 | Just as the family was beginning to get over the tragedy , Dawn 's older sister , Sheila , 6 , vanished from home and was found the next day , drowned in a canal . |
| 29 | They left the dance together and her body was found the next morning in a deep pool of water near a local footpath . |
| 30 | Jones was arrested the next day and admitted responsibility . |