Example sentences of "[vb pp] a big " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a good effort in any case because Niodini , who finished fourth , has already won a big race at Doncaster this week . ’ |
| 2 | Willie has big chances in the other televised races — on in-from After The Last and Jahafil who has won a big race in Ireland since losing to Spinning at Goodwood . |
| 3 | Net profits were were $595m , which compares with net profit from operations of $556m in the 1991 first quarter , when the company of course reported a big loss because of the change in the method it used to account for employee benefits . |
| 4 | Fifty five nurseries have also reported a big trade in bulbs from the wild , although they have avoided participating in it . |
| 5 | Outside his smart office on the southern outskirts of Moscow is parked a big new Mercedes . |
| 6 | The owner of the stall reminisced about old Wadi Halfa where his father had owned a big tea-house on the Corniche . |
| 7 | He had owned a big department store that had burned down , and he had then hanged himself . |
| 8 | Dexter had expected a bigger and taller man with the harsh glint of money-making in his eyes , rather than this relaxed , almost shambling , figure . |
| 9 | They had just done a big concert at the Albert Hall with an orchestra for an album called Snowgoose . |
| 10 | Almost exactly a year ago , Enid Jones , an assistant secretary in the department , told a select committee of the House of Lords : ‘ We have done a big exercise on [ how to safeguard supplies ] but ministers have not reached a decision . |
| 11 | He 's done a big bucketful for me ! ’ |
| 12 | well he 's er , he says he 's done a big X-ray . |
| 13 | Shock increase in young mums-to-be NEW figures have revealed a big rise in the number of teenage pregnancies in Hartlepool . |
| 14 | And er b built a bigger shop , a more modern one . |
| 15 | You 've also built a big wall around your house . |
| 16 | ‘ I ’ , ‘ me ’ or ‘ mine ’ are words that are frequently heard in the classroom , as a child proudly announces that he has ‘ built a big tower ’ or ‘ got one like that ’ , or as he asserts himself by virtue of possession , ‘ That 's mine ’ . |
| 17 | He 's built a big HQ in Helsinki , has another building in Turku , the second city . |
| 18 | He had built a big new house in the valley , beside the best clay for making good hard bricks . |
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday 's makeshift striker has all but clinched a big money move to Ewood Park at the second attempt just three weeks after signing a new four-year contract at Hillsborough . |
| 20 | Much of this year 's spurt in capital spending ( up from around $150m to some $220m ) is related to airbags , but the speciality chemical businesses have also seen a big increase , spread over a number of small projects . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've seen a big rise in unfurnished lettings over the past few months , ’ she says . |
| 22 | I had never seen a big sea-bird colony before . |
| 23 | You 've seen a big crane have you ? |
| 24 | I 've just seen a big crane . |
| 25 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 26 | It 's no longer merely a handful of advocates who wonder why someone with such high-calibre material has n't made a bigger dent in the global public 's consciousness . |
| 27 | The pity of it was that she had n't made a bigger part for herself in the night 's scenario ; she was getting polite nods and hellos from people that she already knew slightly , and curious glances from most of the others . |
| 28 | The regulators have made a big effort to prevent KKR 's involvement openly breaching the famous walls between banking and commerce . |
| 29 | Living with the family in Richmond is bewildering , and although I would never admit it I feel as though I have made a big mistake . |
| 30 | My parents or family had never made a big deal about my body or development . |