Example sentences of "be the next [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could have been the next player |
| 2 | ‘ One of those guys could have been the next Courtney Pine . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ When are the next prayers ? ’ said Robert in a cheerful , optimistic voice . |
| 4 | If that 's not a summary of failed inspiration and failed compassion , then the Levellers are the next Sex Pistols |
| 5 | ’ If that 's not a summary of failed inspiration , failed compassion , and the failed dream that would bring us together , then the Levellers are the next Sex Pistols . |
| 6 | The RSSO 's are the next level down . |
| 7 | So , I I thought it would be best if the diaries and calendars were ordered in September because the Home and Country orders er are the next month and that might be . |
| 8 | Nichola ( 3.7 ) : Look at my new sandals , teacher — they 're the next size up ! |
| 9 | It 's cheaper than eating here , and when you 're the next Nirvana , rather than the current one , every penny counts . |
| 10 | Find out if you 're the next Bateman . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | President Patricio Aylwin Azócar was told by US President Bush on May 14 , during his first official visit to the USA since taking office in March 1990 , that Chile would be the next country with which the US would negotiate a free trade agreement , after the completion of talks between the USA , Mexico and Canada to establish a North American Free Trade Area ( NAFTA — see p. 38761 ) . |
| 13 | 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 — ’ |
| 14 | What we had n't bargained for was that she might not want to be the next Franz Klammer . |
| 15 | The man who hopes to be the next Nigel Mansell . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | At one time , it had been rumoured that he was being groomed to be the next Commissioner . |
| 18 | How do you know but that you may be the next child that may die ? … |
| 19 | ‘ You will be the next person to know of it , be assured , Archdeacon . ’ |
| 20 | that 'll be the next hurdle , I mean we have n't got to that hurdle . |
| 21 | Massive economic growth made the country think it was going to be the next Japan . |
| 22 | Jobs is positioning NeXTStep as a means to ride what he believes will be the next wave in IT — custom applications . |
| 23 | People ring up about the match they 've just been to and complain or say who they think should be the next England manager , etc . |
| 24 | Researchers are now looking at what happens to pesticides and industrial organic solvents , which will probably be the next threat to groundwater quality . |
| 25 | However , I do not play it this way but allow each person ‘ goosed ’ to be the next catcher . |
| 26 | He 's not going to be the next Boris Becker . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's heard of your father 's heart attack , and wants reassurance — personal reassurance — that I will be the next chairman of the international network , which of course includes all dealings in Auckland . ’ |
| 29 | It is essential to decide now whether William or Charles will be the next king for the sake of the constitution . |
| 30 | 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 . |