Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wondered , morbidly introspective in the cold light of dawn , whether his decision to see the next murder case through from the call to the scene of crime to the trial had really arisen from a desire to learn or merely from a craven wish to impress or , worse , to propitiate , his staff , to show them that he valued their skills , that he wanted to be one of the team . |
| 2 | Although White managed to stop the rot after the restart , taking frame 14 with a clearance of 43 , Davis kept his nerve to win the next 96-5 and clinch the match . |
| 3 | The creditor who had been splashed by his debtor 's wheel could have his carriage seized the next day . |
| 4 | To show his annoyance , Clive 's reaction was to leave his car in the car park that evening so that , whatever time his boss arrived the next day , he would think he was in . |
| 5 | Polybius explains in Book 3 why he proposes to extend his exposition to cover the next twenty years by saying : " Since judgements regarding either victors or vanquished based purely on the actual struggles are not final … |
| 6 | His main expense is photocopying thousands of legal documents and he spends his days preparing the next part of his case . |
| 7 | Fresh from launching the new Walt Disney range of ties ( ’ Huey , Dewey and Louie are very popular ’ ) and ‘ art-to-wear ’ scarves collection , chairman Roy Bishko hiked up his trousers to reveal the next big thing : socks covered with brightly coloured ties . |
| 8 | Xerxes 's fleet was destroyed in 480 at Salamis under Athenian leadership , and his army defeated the next year at Plataea under the Spartans . |
| 9 | In his report delivered the next day , he observed that the road surface was not yet completed and that only drivers with at least six years ' service could be employed on Anerley Hill . |