Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With four minutes left I was worried — worried whether I would be able to go out and eat for the next week or so . |
| 2 | Any other unusual jobs let us know for the next edition of Environmental Issues . |
| 3 | The little shop had been arranged as what I have seen described as a mini-hypermarket , so I found a basket and busied myself with collecting what supplies I thought I might need for the next couple of days . |
| 4 | Resource-based learning can last as little as ten minutes : a child 's scrutiny of a repeating film-loop which teaches him a concept or skill he will need for the next part of his programme ; a short programmed exercise that enables him to test his grasp of an idea or piece of knowledge before embarking on a larger exercise ; a work-card unit giving practise in loading a projector or using a subject catalogue . |
| 5 | Thomas believes that only four teams should automatically qualify for the next World Cup — the host nation ( probably South Africa ) , the two finalists ( Australia and England ) and the winner of the third-place play-off ( New Zealand ) . |
| 6 | If it was above £85,000 the owners would qualify for the next band and pay £551 . |
| 7 | At the same time , scientists are building computer models of ocean circulation but full three-dimensional models must wait for the next generation of powerful computers . |
| 8 | I ca n't wait for the next get-together , and the thought of pulling on that old white shirt again excites me . |
| 9 | But he could not sit patiently and wait for the next train , in an hour 's time . |
| 10 | ‘ At the time I wanted to weep or murder somebody , but now — ’ he shrugged pragmatic shoulders ‘ — all I can do is wait for the next time . ’ |
| 11 | George VI , a shy man , was terrified of his new position and many feared that the monarchy would not survive into the next decade . |
| 12 | More than half of them have now perished and only a score or more will survive into the next century . |
| 13 | But what of the notion that pubs wo n't survive into the next century ? |
| 14 | Cost control will serve us well for a single year but it wo n't give us a company that will survive into the next century . |
| 15 | Would these principles survive into the next period of change in the 1990s , or had they outlived their time ? |
| 16 | Buffalo will know in the next couple of days whether Kelly will be fit to face Houston again in the first round of the play-offs next weekend . |
| 17 | It was worked out by the Austrian ethologist Karl von Frisch in the middle of this century , by methods we shall discuss in the next section . |
| 18 | As we shall discuss in the next chapter , there is a lot more work to be done before the causal process underlying this relationship is laid bare : we do not know whether it is through buying a better diet or better medical care , for example , that richer countries improve their life expectancy . |
| 19 | As we shall discuss in the next chapter , this is a question that has concerned pluralists much more . |
| 20 | These channels make the membrane permeable to ions or molecules , which can then enter the cell and act as signals for the initiation of the biochemical cascades which ultimately lead , in ways that I shall describe in the next chapter , to the synthesis of new synaptic membrane components and hence to synaptic remodelling . |
| 21 | As we shall explore in the next chapter , it can be an experience that is both liberating and protecting . |
| 22 | His proposed mechanisms we shall explore in the next chapter . |
| 23 | The odd day here and there is not important , but if you could let me know within the next couple of weeks or so when you intend to take a major part of your holiday away — if you know — I do n't myself know erm yet — but if you do know then I can have a look at the overall picture and see that we 're not all dispersed . |
| 24 | ‘ I will know within the next month or two how I stand . |
| 25 | The sharing of genes means that it is possible to sacrifice myself for my sister in such a way that , even if I die in the process , a proportion of my genes will survive in the next generation . |
| 26 | Even if you know that the answer can wait until the next day it is far better to deal with it at once . |
| 27 | We ca n't wait until the next election . ’ |
| 28 | The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting . |
| 29 | We were both disappointed but Nellie said we could wait until the next time . |
| 30 | ‘ Horse 's Head ’ ( a Godfather of a track ) , ‘ The Flickering Wall ’ and the title track should provide acid fans with as big a fix as they will need until the next Wonder Stuff album . |