Example sentences of "[modal v] be [prep] the next " in BNC.
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1 | If asked to recall a date such a person will proceed by inference rather than by a direct introspective search , e.g. ‘ it can not be next week but it must be within the next month ’ or ‘ this kind of event is always on a Tuesday ’ and so on . |
2 | In the distance he could hear the sound of water dripping and he kept a look out for puddles , holes , fallen beams or any other dangers that might be around the next corner . |
3 | I did n't begin here , with you and Dad , I began with an unknown woman called Elaine , a girl really , and a father who is n't in New Zealand after all , but who might be in the next street , the next house . |
4 | You foul my pitch and you 'll be on the next plane back to Athens , whether Harry Lawrence was a friend of yours or not , whether that damns your record … |
5 | So these are not based , they they are similar , they 're not out of line but erm they I mean I do n't think that you can necessarily pick up from past exam papers what 'll be on the next . |
6 | I think I 'll be on the next plane , but erm what about prices because that , again looking from the point of view of the recession , people have been a bit hard pressed for cash . |
7 | and that 'll be for the next month |
8 | Then Eddie said , ‘ You 'll be in the next shot so if you 'll slip into your rags we 'll … ’ |
9 | Hopefully that 'll be in the next week … ’ |
10 | The craftsmen at Hal Safi are ready and capable of supporting today 's propliners wherever they may be in the next century . |
11 | He would be at the next meeting in the church hall along with Swire Sugden , and were they in for a surprise ! |
12 | ‘ If I was n't defending , I would be on the next plane home , ’ he said . |
13 | The council would not say what the ‘ procedure ’ for dealing with stores will be over the next three Sundays until the matter is discussed by the Environment and Public Health Committee , but it has already authorised legal action against large stores which continue to open . |
14 | It may not look it now , but I think it will be over the next five years . |
15 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , we are not in a position to predict what oil prices or , through oil prices , petrol prices will be over the next few years . |
16 | It may be a light aircraft twenty miles away , in which case they will go in their own cars , or it may be on the other side of the world , in which case they will be on the next airline flight in that direction and might not be home again for several weeks . |
17 | After treatment the mountaineer will be on the next flight home to join his girlfriend at the couple 's home in Radley . |
18 | The incidence of wage queries has certainly reduced since summer , but the first test of the improvements made will be during the next up-man which is due in early 1993 . |
19 | My only thing in life will be for the next hour and forty minutes fuck , I live to tape , okay ? |
20 | ‘ I think I was a stripper in my previous life , or will be in the next , ’ she said , curling her leg round an opulent red curtain . |
21 | The sale will be in the next two months , provided regulatory approval is granted , and will be tied to market price ; Zenith shares are currently trading at $6.625 . |
22 | The effect of Sun entering the market , which the other vendors anticipate will be in the next six to 12 months , could significantly stimulate it . |
23 | Because there is always uncertainty about the direction of future change , it is not surprising that competitors with different resources and different perspectives take different gambles about what the best position will be in the next round of competition . |
24 | Erm , that 's on the basis that eighty percent of your diary , forward scheduling will be in the next thirty days , eighty percent of your backtracking for information is going to be in the last thirty days . |
25 | My only thing in life will be in the next hour and forty minutes , fuck , I need two tapes okay ? |