Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SARA Sankey has earmarked the next Commonwealth Games in Canada as her swansong in international badminton . |
| 2 | He 'd called the next day , and Marlin had picked up . |
| 3 | The National Health Service was a genuine concern to many people , and for this and similar reasons , he believed , Margaret Thatcher could not possibly have won the next election for the Tories . |
| 4 | They must have caught the next wave . |
| 5 | Elaine could have delivered the night before — after midnight , to have the same date of birth — and perhaps Mrs Maybury was n't on duty that night — and Elaine could have left the next day , so Mrs Maybury was telling the truth when she said she 'd never seen her . ’ |
| 6 | But he is unlikely to have foreseen the next blow . |
| 7 | He moved and the slaves cowered back , as if , thought Nuadu , they had witnessed the next part before and feared it even more than the mutilating of the boy . |
| 8 | She saw then he had lifted the next tray from the box . |
| 9 | However , we 've got the next composite twenty four on part-time workers which is very important , and rights of work . |
| 10 | Chair , chair point of order , you do n't , point of order you , Mr does n't need to move an an amendment or anything else , you can still accept debate on any item on the agenda until you 've called the next agenda item , irrespective of the motion on the table . |
| 11 | Alas , many others had already made their judgment on the flimsy evidence of that supposed phone call … and had found the next King guilty . |
| 12 | And th they they 've announced the next day that they 're having the same concert as well ! |
| 13 | Everybody else would realise what had happened the next day , or the day after that . |
| 14 | He had left the next Phoenix King with a strong army , a secure line of fortresses in the north and the most powerful navy in the world . |
| 15 | Obviously , I had started the next craze . |
| 16 | So Edna Porritt , comfortable and cheerful , had taken the next train from Penzance and was now , for an unspecified period , easing Brian 's worries considerably . |
| 17 | Their parents like to leave toys by the graves , but on several occasions they 've returned the next day to find them missing . |
| 18 | Erm because it 's got the Next label on it and I like that outfit . |
| 19 | It is not clear whether that fashion persists or whether tales of ‘ geriatric ghettos ’ and overstretched services have reached the next generation . |
| 20 | And not only that er go into the Newcastle Evening Chronicle it 's dumped the next day . |
| 21 | The main secret of the latch tool cast off technique is to keep the latch on the tool open , with the stitch ( that you have just cast off ) held firmly in place behind the latch under your thumb until you have retrieved the next stitch on to the hook . |