Example sentences of "i [verb] the big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean the big ones erm , obviously are the erm , savings of the U S A on telecommunications and freight er , but then there 's lots and lots of things , for instance , the one I mentioned at Minton , two hundred and fifty thousand and so in all of our businesses , you know those , many , many small items . |
| 2 | I mean the big fellows here they 've got to try and run it off or give it a tug and come off come off and get the er the sub on . |
| 3 | ‘ By that , I mean the biggest club left to realise its potential . ’ |
| 4 | I mean the biggest thing really I think my interest in all this to get secure trade from us |
| 5 | Did I think the big flanker was offside and did I think I was half-held . |
| 6 | I found the big difficulty in socialising was that my friends lived in another part of London . |
| 7 | As I entered the big house by the back door I noticed a lot of activity , people dashing here and there . |
| 8 | With sudden inspiration and at the last moment , I stripped the big bed of its blanket and pillows and stuffed them on top of the suitcases . |
| 9 | I know the big digger , what 's it called ? |
| 10 | Oh I like the big lattice ones , I , I , I made fourteen dozen small for the neighbours . |
| 11 | I like the big ones . |
| 12 | The slide was Michael 's favourite : ‘ I like the big slide because you go fast and I like it . |
| 13 | I like The big guy , beard , that is head boy . |
| 14 | I remember the big eyes in their small white faces . |
| 15 | I reckon the biggest dick in Kiplin that ca n't say shit it Reg . |
| 16 | Being a firm believer in purchasing-power parity as a forecasting tool , I find the Big Mac index significantly more accurate than the myriad of economists ' forecasts that spew forth from the profusion of banking and security-firm literature . |
| 17 | Er seco and once that sort of I suppose the biggest hurdle 's out of the way once that the other two become fairly simple . |
| 18 | you know that is the , erm two or three things there , you 're working by yourself in your , your personal preparation prepa preparation are crucial parts , erm , if any of the people were thinking of going to erm , erm , a college , erm , the same sort of thing will arise and I suppose the big difference for if you do n't have lessons then I think I 'm right in saying you do n't necessarily have to go in , I do n't know whether that still applies , erm , you would be expected of course to erm , erm , to turn up at school here , erm , now there are advantages and disadvantages , you may feel that you prefer , knowing on your own what you 're like , you 'll prefer erm some fairly rigid rules , erm , because if there were n't rules you might think you 'd take advantage of us |
| 19 | Right , well I suppose the big sporting story of the evening has to be the boxing ; George Forman , who 's forty-one is about to go into the ring in er London 's Docklands arena . |
| 20 | On the day I hit the big Four-O , the fog suddenly lifted and I celebrated non-stop . |
| 21 | I rang the Big Man up the next day after I had talked to him and said : ‘ When 's the next meeting ? ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought the big film was marvellous , ’ Maggie enthused . |
| 23 | Funnily enough , the one I gave the biggest chance to was Heist in the Festival Bumper but he finished second . |
| 24 | ‘ I love the big occasions , ’ said Big Mal , which is a bit like a polar bear saying it loves snow . |
| 25 | ‘ I love the big guy , ’ McMurdo told the Daily Record , ‘ but he 's his own worst enemy . ’ |
| 26 | I think the bigger bag you put , the more you su rubbish |
| 27 | ‘ I think the biggest problems were between Debbi and I , not to name names … ’ she confides to a nation . |
| 28 | A representative assessment is that given by the library manager : I would say that one of the biggest advantages was the fact that senior management … from the Head down , from the very word go , were after making it a success … one thing we have got is a greater awareness from a greater number of staff , because they come in here to supervise and help [ and ] get involved … but I think the biggest advantage has been the fact that time devoted to … library skills for all the first year … [ has ] been extended to an hour a week … |
| 29 | The third part is perhaps something that erm , we find a little more difficult , I do found that er number two , number three and number four if you were n't careful blends very much into one another and actually then part three as far as I 'm concerned actually putting across the benefits is really the main part I think and that really is putting into everyday English what we know as professionals as in technical terms , cos if you go and talk to somebody whatever it is , they have n't got a clue we have , we talk about it all the time and I think the biggest criticism of the insurance industry as a whole is the fact that you do n't talk to people in English and that 's why it 's got such a foot in the door and I think the third part for me really is the most important part of the sales process , relating our cock-ups in English , the benefits the client . |
| 30 | My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father . |