Example sentences of "the next thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the next thing will be ‘ what is his attitude to this audition — is it positive ? ’ |
| 2 | The next thing on Jenny 's mind was food . |
| 3 | Some little groups were going off to west and east , but most hung on with a sense that the next thing now demanded to be done . |
| 4 | ‘ An early night for me , ’ was the next thing from him , while she stayed as always , to complete the Guardian crossword . |
| 5 | The thing is , young officers coming into the force , doing what they 've been taught is their job , the next thing they know they 've got people making complaints against them . |
| 6 | When you have sent off your pristine cassette , your witty biography and your complimentary tickets , the next thing you need to do is make a follow-up call : ‘ Oh hello . |
| 7 | Now , the next thing to talk about is when we can let you go . ’ |
| 8 | The next thing they heard the report of a gun , really loud . |
| 9 | The next thing , he saw Lee looking out of the window . |
| 10 | That 's the next thing to do . ’ |
| 11 | Also , I learned to appreciate that as a critic you say what you have to say and go on to the next thing in LA you never go on to the next thing . ’ |
| 12 | Also , I learned to appreciate that as a critic you say what you have to say and go on to the next thing in LA you never go on to the next thing . ’ |
| 13 | Once you have a clear idea of what you have to do , the next thing is to work out how you pay for it . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , say I then took Fiona off him and maybe I told him to go find himself another filly and the next thing was he got a pincer-hold on my ear and was bopping me one on the nose and there I was bleeding fit to fill the Frenchy furrows so naturally I gave him one back . ’ |
| 15 | The next thing to check is whether there is a build-up within the radiator of air or the gaseous by-products of corrosion in the system . |
| 16 | Beyond the information concerning her birth and the move to Brackley , the next thing known about the poet pertains to her education . |
| 17 | The next thing she knew her alarm was ringing and it was time to get up . |
| 18 | ‘ … and the next thing , you 'll be choosing only the types you want , and breeding out the minority groups you and your like have always hated . |
| 19 | Will the next thing be abortions for people who do n't want them , and forced sterilization for them afterwards , and … ’ ‘ … you and all your fancy long words . |
| 20 | The next thing you know they are getting married . |
| 21 | The line must have tangled , because the next thing I knew , or rather felt , was a searing pain in my thumb as the hook dug in . |
| 22 | now possible to deprive many a patient of a fulfilment of the wish to have a death of one 's own , the scene Dr. Rynearson ( whose work he is discussing ) describes is one of patients with an ‘ untreatable ’ disease being kept alive indefinitely by means of tubes inserted into their stomachs , or into their veins , or into their bladders , or into their rectums — and the whole sad scene thus created encompassed within a cocoon of oxygen which is the next thing to a shroud . |
| 23 | The next thing I do remember is waking up in a very grand house a few streets away from where the robbery took place . |
| 24 | How they went on to the next thing with such satisfaction and certainty . |
| 25 | The next thing that happened was six years after the Select Committee . |
| 26 | The next thing I remember is coming to on the canal bank , and a man bending over me asking if I was all right . |
| 27 | Head full of academic knowledge but nothing else — and before anybody could bat an eyelid , he applied to sit an exam in London , and the next thing he was in the Metropolitan Police . |
| 28 | He 'd tell over you and the next thing you know , you were on a fizzer form . |
| 29 | The next thing she asked for was a job to do for the Lord . |
| 30 | The next thing the retailer has to get right is the price of the goods he sells . |