Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [verb] for 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
| 5 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 6 | It would benefit no one if we all sat around moping for the next week . |