Example sentences of "he [vb past] the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interviewer hesitated , and when he asked the next question he sounded faintly embarrassed . |
| 2 | He let the next ball go by outside leg stump . |
| 3 | He caught the next train and arrived in Oxford , dead on schedule . ’ |
| 4 | He entered the next carriage , his hand gripped tightly around the railing , and moved slowly down the corridor until he reached his own compartment . |
| 5 | He felt , when he woke the next morning , that his life was at an end-a complete disaster . |
| 6 | Sharpe had to duck under a low chestnut branch as he turned the next corner to see , five hundred yards ahead of him , the wide village street . |
| 7 | He obtained the next job for which he applied and , as far as I know , has had a successful career subsequently . |
| 8 | She stood there for hours watching the stonemason so that when he returned the next day , he gave her a piece of stone and two chisels . |
| 9 | According to Redgrave 's biographer , he returned the next day with twenty-five new lines , although Martin Browne denied this . |
| 10 | By 1848 the Count had become an important figure in the administration of Hungary but the prospects of civil war and revolution led to his nervous collapse and he spent the next decade in an asylum . |
| 11 | Quickly switching the conversation , he addressed the next remark to Harry , saying , ‘ I wonder how the Duke is feeling today ; I wonder if he still thinks the exchange was worth it . ’ |
| 12 | Then he grabbed the next branch above his head and pulled himself up again . |
| 13 | Just to see what it would feel like , Boy tried hard to copy this attitude during the film he watched the next afternoon . |
| 14 | However , it ran out in its turn as he reached the next storey , occupied , Sunil had told him , by upper servants . |
| 15 | He did not pause to rest when he reached the next hedge , but continued on , driving his exhausted body ruthlessly onwards . |
| 16 | He died the next day and became stew . |
| 17 | He died the next day , 11 March 1395 . |
| 18 | In 1734 he was appointed Bishop of Cloyne , eventually moving to Oxford in 1752 , where he died the next year . |
| 19 | When he emerged the next morning he had changed . |
| 20 | When he emerged the next morning he found not uncertainty but widespread consternation . |
| 21 | The first thing he said the next day was ( no pretending ) has she been a bitch to you ? |
| 22 | He said the next day , that were some people there that evening . |
| 23 | He said the next government , whatever its colour , must make attempts to improve the legal system so that youngsters were not allowed out on bail to commit more offences . |
| 24 | " Yes , I 've found some , " he said the next morning , approached again by the boy , as he 'd known he would be . |
| 25 | ‘ Just iced water , thanks , ’ he said the next time she screwed up enough nerve to go back to his table . |
| 26 | However , he left the next day , calling later to ask Lorna to meet him nearby with £500 cash so he could go away for a few days . |
| 27 | When he awoke the next morning his dad was beating the fuck out of him ! ’ somebody lies later , but it 's a neat moral tale , hey kids ? |
| 28 | When he awoke the next morning his dad was beating the fuck out of him ! ’ somebody lies later , but it 's a neat moral tale , hey kids ? |
| 29 | Having hardly set foot on American soil , and with out a second thought , he boarded the next liner and sailed back . |
| 30 | He missed the next fixture at Northampton but re-appeared at Trent Bridge for the Notts game and was called eight times for throwing and seven times fro dragging . |