Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Alex Wyllie , the grizzled New Zealand coach , regards this as the All Blacks ' most important tour since the Cup is a tribute not to the Welsh but to the necessity of bringing through the next generation of players . |
| 2 | In one respect it is superior , as by staying lower down you will be constantly amazed by the ever changing scenery — higher up the views give you a good idea of the terrain you 'll be walking through the next day . |
| 3 | New tales from Toad Hall could be appearing into the next century |
| 4 | ‘ He should be landing in the next half-hour , comrade . ’ |
| 5 | With careful arrangement you can see what is happening in the next room ( with an open dividing door or glass panel ) or behind you or in the hall , even in the garden , thereby extending your range of vision and your range of information . |
| 6 | Though I think that that will be happening in the next cycle . |
| 7 | Test , er , documenting in the next topic . |
| 8 | Whe he has a chest infection you can hear him wheezing from the next room |
| 9 | He did suggest , however , ending within the next year the Temporary Provisions — the 42-year-old state of emergency which had superseded the Constitution , enhanced the draconian powers of the presidency and security agencies and frozen in office the mainland-elected members of the various deliberative assemblies pending hypothetical recovery of mainland China . |
| 10 | As we were walking to the next hole I tried to think of the right things to say to him , so I said , ‘ Greg , do me a favour . |
| 11 | If you use a pattern such as a basic 1x1 pattern ( that 's one hole punched , one hole blank , all across the card and alternating on the next row ) the resulting fabric has very short floats , not floats at all really ( swatch 6 ) . |
| 12 | Lambeth Palace Library MS 51 , Peter 's personal manuscript of his Liber Revelationum , is an immense collection of visions relating to the next life , compiled between 1200 and 1206 . |
| 13 | Finally he spent an hour from 1630 to 1730 in his office finishing off his paperwork and checking on the next day 's programme . |
| 14 | Tell the candidate what is happening at the next stage in the selection and/or the date when you will be letting people know your decision . |
| 15 | SCOTTISH teenagers are not amoral hedonists living for the next ecstasy tab . |
| 16 | I 'm living alone now and looking for the next relationship , which I hope will be the last one . |
| 17 | In the '60s Scottish football was awash with stories of ‘ scouts ’ — the often unpaid enthusiasts who scoured the pitches of school-boy Scotland looking for the next generation of international talent . |
| 18 | ‘ Chapman was essentially a designer , an artist , who was always looking for the next design , something different , ’ says Mr Nearn . |
| 19 | NEXT loop without passing through the NEXT statement . |
| 20 | The ability to lock the rope quickly is also very useful when searching for the next stance , or else in performing diagonal manoeuvres . |
| 21 | Yet I keep changing , keep searching for the next challenge . |
| 22 | He intends to concentrate on writing for the next year , with a summer break to make an irreverent beginner 's Guide to Opera , co-written with his colleague Paul Whitehouse . |
| 23 | On the vidscreen a priest was eulogizing about the next life . |
| 24 | And it is my responsibility to make sure the players concentrate over the entire 90 minutes and are not looking towards the next match . |
| 25 | From Esterençuby you can press onwards and upwards , towards the frontier , and then either branch right , back into the complex of mountain roads to the west that would take you eventually down again to Arnéguy , or else left , along a narrow , lonely , but not totally nerve-racking road which climbs high up on the north flank of the watershed , before relapsing into the next valley to the east . |
| 26 | They looked up at her , and it was clear without anything being said that they were doing their best to cram fifty years of living into the next week or two . |
| 27 | Seconds later he was on the phone again , bulling into the next prospect . |
| 28 | Here she became involved with people form the BBC Orchestra , as there was a double bass player living in the next room . |
| 29 | Twice Michael had lashed out at him and hurt him , only to be contrite and loving in the next breath . |
| 30 | This is the Celtic family I have always longed for , complete with live fires , family feuds , squirming freckle-nosed children a-playing in the next room , suggestive sighing and eyeing between the sisters , the indisputable unity created by the sick mother/grandmother in hospital , the indisputable union of songs you always know whether you want to remember them or not . |