Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] a big " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a real nice place two years ago ; nothing but luxury houses for the super-rich , but then the snakes bought it and they 've painted a big yellow cross on their runway . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've seen a big rise in unfurnished lettings over the past few months , ’ she says . |
| 3 | You 've seen a big crane have you ? |
| 4 | ‘ I 've made a big mistake , ’ he told Mr Slipper . |
| 5 | oh and I 've made a big rug at the centre , which I shall have home before Christmas , a big woollen rug I 've made , yes so , oh it 's a beautiful rug it 's with those er silver thing you push through the hole on the canvas |
| 6 | put these ones back you 've made a big mess ! |
| 7 | When young supporters chant ‘ We 'll be running round Pompey with our willies hanging out , singing I 've got a bigger one than you ’ , or some other scatological rhyme , slightly changed to fit the time and place , they are doing nothing new . |
| 8 | You 've got a bigger problem than I have , though — you ca n't leave here but I can . |
| 9 | If you 've got a bigger surgery which may break into that third week |
| 10 | I 've got a big wardrobe at the moment but it mainly consists of shoes — I bought these boots from Read or Dead . ’ |
| 11 | In her famed speech on election night 1987 , as she rallied her party troops on the steps of Party Headquarters not to rest on their laurels but to continue the fight ( they were to be allowed one night of ‘ marvellous partying ’ but must start back the next day with renewed vigour ) , she announced that ‘ we 've got a big job to do in some of those inner cities … and politically , we 've got to get back in there — we want to win those too ’ . |
| 12 | Again they prefer to say ‘ I 've got a big brother ’ or ‘ a little sister ’ . |
| 13 | Hawaiians are all feel-oriented people , they feel big , they 've got a big heart , they 've got a big soul . |
| 14 | Hawaiians are all feel-oriented people , they feel big , they 've got a big heart , they 've got a big soul . |
| 15 | I 've got a big hairy do- nut ! |
| 16 | I 've got a big school we fill this place in when I come in here . |
| 17 | I 've got l , well they 've got loads , I 've got a big wallet folder full of all the various leaflets . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've got a big lion , ’ Anna announces . |
| 19 | " You 've got a big thorn in there , Hlao , " he said . |
| 20 | Starts with you know , I have n't been invited why I 'm and if you 've got a big family , you really have to do it properly and it , it 's gon na cost ! |
| 21 | We 've got a big erm like cupboard in in the school and they 've they 've got loads of paper threes paper twos . |
| 22 | ‘ Four days ’ time , and I 've got a big charity function to attend the night I get back . |
| 23 | when you 've got a big articulated lorry , |
| 24 | ‘ I 've got a big stick , ’ mentioned Punch confidingly to his audience , as Judy appeared with her baby . |
| 25 | Now , as you all know , we 've got a big job on , and we 're going to have to work every hour there is to get The Hooded Owl up to the standard I know it can reach . ’ |
| 26 | I 've got a big back yard here . |
| 27 | Well if you 've got a big bill or something hanging over your head , that will send you quite erm into the dumps . |
| 28 | Erm we have n't got anybody here with a beard so we ca n't demonstrate and anyway it would be a dangerous experiment if we did , but supposing you tried to strangle me and I 've got a big beard you know , a kind of Karl Marx style beard well a big beard , er you get your hands round my neck and what can I do ? |
| 29 | Well no , but and I were just thinking well why ca n't it just be all things together that make us what we are and when you 're trying to find a single thing , the only single thing is the one , which is the unity and then there 's no differentiation but I do n't think that , that we are , we are our body as well and that then can affect the soul you know , if you , if you 've got a big nose and all your life people stare at you you 're gon na , you 're not going to be unaffected by it . |
| 30 | At the lunchtime , they 've got a big social club , erm , and all main hospital fund raising coffee mornings and events will be able to sell the book there . |