Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [v-ing] next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly Creed was standing next to him . |
| 2 | David was sitting next to her , smiling . |
| 3 | Tony Curtis was standing next to me so I said I was there to try and collect money from Mr Curtis . |
| 4 | Instead of coming up for medical attention he was just sitting there , looking white , and Ruth was sitting next to him . |
| 5 | Finch was sitting next to the underling . |
| 6 | The fact that Carlo was sitting next to her , overhearing the conversation , indolently gazing round the table or raising his glass to sip the delights of the Princesse 's cellar , only made things worse . |
| 7 | As Southey was writing next day of a future which opened to him ‘ a smiling prospect ’ , and of his hopes for ‘ the purest happiness Man can ever experience ’ , the summer was already at an end . |
| 8 | Mark is standing next to Babur . |
| 9 | ‘ Brigadier Bedwelty 's coming today , to teach us shooting , and Miss Gatehouse is coming next week , to start the riding ? ’ |