Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] the next " in BNC.
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1 | But the effort proved too much to sustain and Reykjavik scored the next 13 points to put the issue beyond doubt . |
2 | The same thing happened in Holland and ATS gave the next three races a miss to try to fix the problems . |
3 | Following the opening of the Deviation in 1978 , the rebuilding of the old line between Tan y Grisiau and Blaenau became the next major goal for the Railway . |
4 | The tournament proved to be Gascoigne 's finest hour … he became a superstar overnight … and Jane spent the next 2 years helping him arrange a multi million pound transfer to the Rome club Lazio . |
5 | After 1739 this all came to an end , and Britain spent the next quarter-century at war with France , directly or by proxy in the colonies , with only a year or two of armed truce . |
6 | Lothar and Charles spent the next six weeks in manoeuvre and countermanoeuvre . |
7 | Seeing no future in hearts West then found the club switch and East took the next six club tricks , leaving only six tricks for declarer to collect at the end . |
8 | Ross started the first ever Bitches Rodeo in 1988 and Lesley followed the next year , paddling poorly in the small ladies ' competition but meeting up with her now great friend and rival , Mandy Castle . |