Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the Committee felt low , not one of them arrived at the next schedule meeting ! |
| 2 | They stopped in the next village two miles away . |
| 3 | They moved into the next room and sat down to dinner . |
| 4 | As they moved towards the next tee she nodded towards her niece . |
| 5 | Nothing further was said either to or by our guests , and they drove off the next day with many felicitations and expressions of gratitude . |
| 6 | And when they died and the fleas had finished feasting on their blood , which was by then putrid and crawling with the bacilli , the fleas looked round for another host , and if they could not find another rat , or any small hairy creature to their liking , they settled for the next best thing , which was usually human . |
| 7 | They went off the next day and recorded the track for the ‘ Sergeant Pepper ’ LP , it was awful , ’ he says . |
| 8 | With the other girls , it had been simple : morning , darling , a quick strip , a bit of pout , grunt and groan under the studio lights , then off they went to the next job . |
| 9 | But as they descended to the next deck , then to the one below , the reason became obvious . |