Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] the next " in BNC.

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1 They stopped in the next village two miles away .
2 They moved into the next room and sat down to dinner .
3 As they moved towards the next tee she nodded towards her niece .
4 Nothing further was said either to or by our guests , and they drove off the next day with many felicitations and expressions of gratitude .
5 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 .
6 They went off the next day and recorded the track for the ‘ Sergeant Pepper ’ LP , it was awful , ’ he says .
7 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 .
8 But as they descended to the next deck , then to the one below , the reason became obvious .
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