Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any decent sized salmon would be bound to show itself as it moved around waiting for the next tide to free it . |
| 2 | Although first reactions to Linnaeus were usually unfavourable , on account of his egoistic nature , his visit helped to create an understanding on which goodwill and confidence were built , and his system of classification , based on the number of sexual parts in the flowers , became generally accepted within the next thirty years . |
| 3 | Blaise Cendrars , the writer , saw Modigliani let fall a twenty-franc note one evening when a well-known pauper came in to sit at the next table . |
| 4 | This may have brought comfort to some but statistically it was as risky as playing Russian roulette , and I laid off smoking for the next seven years . |
| 5 | The Livingstones and Crichtons did this in 1439 , when they seized James II and then settled down to squabble for the next decade ; the Boyds did the same thing with James III ; and Angus found time , despite his matrimonial problems with Margaret Tudor , to get possession of James V in 1526 and dominate politics for the last two years of the minority . |
| 6 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
| 7 | William realised he would have to handle the unloading alone if the van did not arrive in the next few minutes . |
| 8 | One , Catherine Barton , absconded after supper by climbing over the wall and did not return until the next morning after 7 o'clock . |
| 9 | This certainly did not apply to the next great dog of influence on the British show scene : Ch. |
| 10 | If a prisoner did not apply in the next term after execution to receive the benefit of the Act , he lost it . |
| 11 | We cooked dinner , packed up things we did not need over the next two days and had a group meeting to discuss the itinerary for our journey home . |
| 12 | Just how wicked she did n't realise until the next weekend , when she was on nights covering the regular night sister who was on holiday . |
| 13 | the turn of the leaf did n't go into the next quarter . |
| 14 | In fact they did n't stop until the next step in Patel emigration — their expulsion from East Africa . |
| 15 | That new leaf did n't going into the next quarter and |
| 16 | He did n't come till the next day , he had so many calls , and all the same — sick children . |
| 17 | I did n't know till the next we er till the weekend and he made me know as I 'd swore . |
| 18 | Then more feet , the slam of a door , the surge of power as the Rover shot away to look at the next corner . |
| 19 | I had n't bargained for the next difficulty : ‘ It wo n't work , ’ he commented , ‘ because my son smokes and he 'll take pity on me and give me one when I run out . ’ |
| 20 | The patient recovered but needed further glucose infusions for recurring hypoglycaemia and remained somewhat confused for the next 48 h . |
| 21 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 22 | It would benefit no one if we all sat around moping for the next week . |