31.  Shirley looked away from the road in front of her for a second, and the next thing she knew she was in the hospital.

32.  Nell is being touted as the next big thing in Hollywood.

33.  What a debacle.

34.  The Jerry troops just sort of walked right through in a lot of places, and the next thing anyone knew we were retreating.

35.  He must have gone to sleep at last for the next thing he heard was his alarm clock.

36.  The saucer whizzes overhead, the camera follows it and the next thing you see is its destination.

37.  You know he was always saying, well next week things might get better.

38.  But the next best thing is a taxi, which can always bend the odd rule and rewrite bits of the Highway Code without attracting too much attention.

39.  And the next thing he remembered was the minibus stopping and the monks helping him into it.

40.  The next best thing is to show that you are aware of the issues that surround a choice of text.