Example sentences of "[prep] [be] the next [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to dream of being the next John McEnroe . |
| 2 | Yes , that 's the way it is at San L — even if the partner you 've split with is the next king . |
| 3 | Massive economic growth made the country think it was going to be the next Japan . |
| 4 | If you want to be the next Harry Craig , send a tape of your playing to I 'm The World 's Worst Guitar Player , The House Of Guitars , 645 Titus Avenue , Rochester , N.Y. 14617 sometime before the end of the year , and the very worst of luck to you … |
| 5 | Unless toplessness is going to be the next feature of your act . ’ |
| 6 | He 's not going to be the next Boris Becker . |
| 7 | And as for selling Newsome/Wetherall … tell me , who is going to be the next generation of central defenders ? |
| 8 | was proposed and duly elected to be the next Teachers ' Representative . |
| 9 | Lucinda replied : ‘ Gosh , perhaps you are going to be the next queen of England . ’ |
| 10 | Following a skiing holiday with Prince Charles early in 1978 , Lady Sarah , then 23 , announced : ‘ I do n't want to be the next Queen ’ . |
| 11 | What we had n't bargained for was that she might not want to be the next Franz Klammer . |
| 12 | This may be excellent fodder for people who are aspiring to be the next winner of Mastermind . |
| 13 | The witches tell him that he is to be the next king , and instead of leaving the matter to take its natural course , he murders the King , and claims the throne . |
| 14 | He was to be the next King was n't he ? |
| 15 | Michael Lawrence , the Prudential 's group finance director , is to be the next chairman of the 100 Group , the influential forum for finance directors from the UK 's top public and private companies . |
| 16 | However , I do not play it this way but allow each person ‘ goosed ’ to be the next catcher . |
| 17 | At one time , it had been rumoured that he was being groomed to be the next Commissioner . |
| 18 | The man who hopes to be the next Nigel Mansell . |
| 19 | I do n't like him at all , and if he was going to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright , I could n't care less , and it would n't change my opinion of him as a man , which is that he 's — ’ |
| 20 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who has left the Chamber , seemed to be aspiring to be the next Home Secretary , but he appears to have forgotten that there is a land frontier between the United Kingdom and another nation . |
| 21 | AIR AND ANGELS by Susan Hill Mandarin , £3.99 THE natural choice to be the next head of his Cambridge College , a bachelor philosopher in his fifties , sees a 15-year-old girl standing on a bridge and instantly , desperately falls in love with her . |
| 22 | As to the question of where the resources should come from , avoiding the easy ( albeit probably correct ) let-out of ‘ abolish capitalism ’ , I would say simply that the transfer of money to unpaid workers ought to be the next stage in the redistribution of wealth , taking precedence over ‘ breadwinners ’ pay claims , tax-cuts or ‘ family ’ benefit increases . |
| 23 | ‘ Two days later a letter appeared in the Signal ( signed ‘ Fiat Justitia ’ ) suggesting that Denry , as some reward for his public spirit , ought to be the next mayor of Bursley . ’ |
| 24 | Richard Riordan , who is likely to be the next mayor of Los Angeles , is less charismatic than Mr Perot . |
| 25 | BRITT Ekland wants to be the next Jackie Collins-style novelist . |
| 26 | And Lew Platt , 51 , is to be the next president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co following John Young 's retirement on October 31 . |
| 27 | Mr Levy , a Moroccan-born former building worker , who aspired to be the next Likud leader , announced his intention to resign last week in a power struggle with Mr Shamir . |
| 28 | Villagers in Usk , Powys , thought they were to be the next flood victims when the River Usk rose 20 feet in three hours . |
| 29 | THE FUTURE IS FRENCH France 's Aerospatiale is poised to be the next owner of Piper . |
| 30 | ‘ She liked to believe he was in line to be the next PM . |