Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [be] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of a ticket to San Francisco they felt that London would have to be the next best thing . |
| 2 | Then they came and said , ‘ We want to do a second album ’ , and I really did n't want to do it , because I do n't want to be the next , let's say , Joe Satriani or Eric Johnson , even though those guys are really successful in their field . |
| 3 | What we had n't bargained for was that she might not want to be the next Franz Klammer . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | If he thought that he would hardly want to be the next head boy . ’ |