Example sentences of "be a big " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've met one or two schoolteachers , but then again they 're a bigger group in society as a whole . |
| 2 | Well , you 're a bigger fool than I took you for . ’ |
| 3 | If you think you 're going to persuade me to retract what I said in that article , you 're a bigger — ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Only if you 're a bigger fool than I take you for . ’ |
| 5 | but they 're a bigger size and thicker skinned , I 'd sooner have the smaller ones |
| 6 | ‘ You 're a big baby . ’ |
| 7 | You 're a big help . ’ |
| 8 | You use phrases like ‘ instead of ’ , ‘ for not ’ or ‘ without ’ , to praise your child for desisting from previous bad behaviour , thus : ‘ Thank you for sharing your toy instead of snatching it away ’ ; ‘ I think you 're a big boy for not whining when you could n't go out ’ ; ‘ you got ready for bed ? without a fuss ’ . |
| 9 | If she goes through the checkout without a tantrum praise her behaviour ( ‘ You 're a big girl behaving so well ’ ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Ye think ye 're a big man , ’ Phillis said , with a rare spite , ‘ but I saw ye greeting . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe you 'll have one like it when you 're a big girl . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 're a big girl , now , Lyn , so I 'll tell you that you 're right . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're such a sweet little thing ’ , ‘ You 're a big boy ’ ( more often thought than said aloud ) , ‘ I got your little report ’ ( sub-text : ‘ from little you ’ ) ‘ What a magnificent office ’ ( sub-text : ‘ and are n't you a magnificent person sitting in it ? ’ ) . |
| 14 | We 're a big club , and can establish new trends in English football . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And I suppose you 're a big grown-up girl now ? ’ |
| 16 | " You 're a big girl , are n't you , Menina Sara ? |
| 17 | Extract 1 T : You 're a big bully Denise . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're a big girl . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're a big girl now . |
| 20 | They 're a big red poppy this one . |
| 21 | You 're a big boy of four . " |
| 22 | They 're a big , they 're a big dredging company from London . |
| 23 | They 're a big , they 're a big dredging company from London . |
| 24 | I said , we is a family , I said , we 're a big family , I said , We do n't eat sweets , I said , Well we 've got those I said , it 's no use throwing them , we just put them in . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , you 're a big girl ; there 's a phone in the hall — call someone . ’ |
| 26 | You 've got to face him , show him you 're a big girl . |
| 27 | Everyone loves lambs and for the Cotswold Farm Park they 're a big attraction at this time of year . |
| 28 | You 're a big bear are you ? |
| 29 | You can go and get it out , you 're a big enough boy now to fetch it . |
| 30 | You 're a big boy now . |