Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as they were puzzling over the next move the man rang back to tell them that they were on a wild goose chase . |
| 2 | As we were walking to the next hole I tried to think of the right things to say to him , so I said , ‘ Greg , do me a favour . |
| 3 | And they were going in the next morning , oh they 'd phoned up they 'd cancelled . |
| 4 | Maelmuire has nothing to fear from you now , nor have I. What was that you were saying about the next generation — and where and what they would rule ? |
| 5 | Having finished her spot , the soprano left the stage and rejoined her husband and the Concert Secretary who were sitting at the next table . |
| 6 | On the vidscreen a priest was eulogizing about the next life . |
| 7 | But she was coming round the next day to have lunch with him . ’ |
| 8 | Trouble , it seemed , was still in bed ; trouble was recuperating for the next engagement . |
| 9 | A stronger possibility was that Lorton had left something which incriminated Dougal on or around the body , and was relying on the next passer-by to report the corpse to the police . |
| 10 | When they reached their table , Clarissa carefully failed to notice who was sitting at the next one . |
| 11 | By 1934 the Labour Party was Preparing for the next election and the delegates at Southport resisted the attempts of the Socialist League to change the programme For Socialism and Peace into a radical appeal for a rapid transformation to socialism . |
| 12 | The Berne-bound goods train was standing on the next track down ; all he had to do was cover the twenty yards between the two tracks and find himself an empty freight car . |
| 13 | No one this time was talking about the next fight . |