Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] a big " in BNC.

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1 In a few years he 'll have developed a big enough ass to occupy my chair . ’
2 These included care of the mentally ill ( which then also included the elderly with mental disability ) — these categories which should have received a bigger slice of the cake , actually received a smaller percentage of health board funding during the funding period from 1981–82 to 1985–86 .
3 Televising might have made a big impact on proceedings in one other area .
4 A goal then might have made a big difference .
5 I saw him play on Sunday and to be perfectly honest had he sat down in the middle of the field I reckon he 'd have had a bigger influence on the game .
6 However , it did not resolve the crucial question : Does general relativity predict that our universe should have had a big bang , a beginning of time ?
7 Stromness must have had a big temperance movement then .
8 The great chamber , we do n't have great chambers now , but sort of the master bedroom , private sitting room , erm would have had a big bed in it .
9 Pity you were n't a captain , then you 'd have got a bigger disability pension . ’
10 The cat must have got a bigger shock .
11 You should have got a bigger size in n it Dawn ?
12 Winning entente floral would have meant a big tourism boost for cheltenham — so what went wrong ?
13 Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum .
14 But , while this would have brought the Tory rebels back on board , it would have left a big question mark over whether Mr Major could continue .
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