Example sentences of "would [be] the next " in BNC.

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1 I shot him in the back ’ Bailie asked Larkins to hide the gun and warned him that if anything happened to it , he 'd be the next to be ’ blown away ’
2 They will not win the World Cup , but going further than England would be the next best thing .
3 On the day that the last of the articles appeared , the Zionist Federation staged a demonstration outside the London offices of The Times , some of their supporters holding placards which announced that the paper was ‘ a new Arab secret weapon ’ and that the PLO would be the next owner of The Times .
4 There would be tales of family heroes , dead and gone , and there would be the quiet looking round the room wondering who would be the next to go .
5 What would be the next most valuable ‘ one-off ’ ?
6 That unsettled them all and made them wonder who would be the next to go .
7 Meantime Ing C Olivetti & Co — which has an interest in the ARM RISC via its 80% holding in Acorn Computers Plc , is developing its own personal communicator , but is also looking at the AT&T Hobbit , and may join the alliance with Eo ; its own product would be the next generation of the 2.2lbs Quaderno portable , which uses the 16MHz 8086-compatible NEC Corp V30HL chip .
8 Technical groups have reportedly advanced the shared SVR4-OSF/1 application programming interface to the draft stage — that effort will continue over ACE 's dead body — creating a workable application binary interface would be the next step .
9 We would be the next to follow in the great man 's footsteps .
10 ‘ Pro patria mori ’ , ‘ Die for your country ’ , would be the next step .
11 And your mother knew she herself would be the next one ; for when the mob have killed one witch , they always go searching for another .
12 As each new creature was unveiled so Fleet Street ran copious feature articles , often full page , to highlight what they hoped would be the next ‘ big thing ’ .
13 This would be the next logical progression in the organisation of caring services in Britain .
14 He 'd pulled two out at random , but the one that he wanted would be the next on the route .
15 Unequivocal or not , it would n't do to open the door in the altogether — though with any luck , that would be the next step …
16 So far , Lucien had not sullied his art by performing to music , but he was aware that as soon as Sabraxis had approved his ability , that would be the next thing he 'd have to learn .
17 ‘ And who would be the next year 's chairman otherwise ? ’ asked Rose , guessing the answer .
18 Side bets were made that the Lady would be the next to leave the board .
19 Then after you had finished the sowing , that would be the next job .
20 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 ) .
21 Duncan had not returned Armstrong by six , so I presumed it would be the next morning .
22 Even if he did recover , I feel that Kelly is a better right back , and in my opinion Pemberton would be the next in line .
23 AS we foretold yesterday , astrologer Jonathan Cainer said on Tyne Tees Telly last night that Neil Kinnock would be the next Prime Minister .
24 The clearing house would be the next step , he said , but over the longer term .
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