Example sentences of "do not [verb] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group did not take a big advance . |
| 2 | Mrs Caroline Blockley , 29 , said : ‘ He had an affair , but at least he admitted it and did n't make a big fuss . |
| 3 | And er the fact that she 's obviously gone on without it was awful , when she was pregnant the second time round she did n't make a big thing of being pregnant but you could tell she was pregnant but I never quite liked to say to her just in case they had the amnio amnio whatever it is and decided not to go |
| 4 | They did n't plan a big order book these few weeks before christmas so that everything could get caught up and we 're all |
| 5 | I did n't have a big name in the business as I 'd been concentrating just on working , so I was n't a star and could n't force through any changes . |
| 6 | You did n't have a big breakfast today ! |
| 7 | Ah I do n't , I do n't want a big bit |
| 8 | Well you do n't want a big roaring place do you ? |
| 9 | they do n't want a big place . |
| 10 | Do n't want a big house |
| 11 | Do n't want a big population on it . |
| 12 | Well you do n't want a big garden . |
| 13 | In happy marriages the partners do n't make a big deal of minor irritations . |
| 14 | ‘ Listen , Aengus , do n't make a big thing out of it . |
| 15 | Do n't make a big thing of it . |
| 16 | Do n't expect a Big Bang . |
| 17 | I do n't need a big bed , and you do . ’ |
| 18 | and she said er , and I said , I said Dave said you were a bloody fool to go up there , you let mother talk you into going , Terry had a job here , he , alright you had your house , you had your ups and downs , it was a bit small , you persevere with it , I said your kids are nearly going to school all of them , so I said , you do n't need a big house |
| 19 | ‘ We do n't need a big fuss , do we ? |
| 20 | No they do n't need a big place . |
| 21 | I mean , you 've nothing in , they do n't need a big place ! |
| 22 | ‘ We do n't have a big meal at lunchtime — usually sandwiches , beans or soup with toast but I do feel Jake should have a proper meal . ’ |
| 23 | More fertilizer might mean more grain ( and more carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide to add to the greenhouse effect ) , but there obviously comes a point where more fertilizer does not mean a bigger yield or perhaps is not justified on cost grounds , particularly when grain prices are low , as they were for part of the 1980s . |
| 24 | Colin resents the notion that he does n't carry a big punch and this could be a chance for him to try to prove otherwise as Palacio admits to having been knocked out four times in his 58-fight career . |
| 25 | Here am I , working for a glamorous journalist in a huge house in Richmond , looking after her brat of a daughter ( four-year-old Charlotte , who has her good moments but is mostly involved in a longstanding game of wear-the-au-pair-to-a-frazzle ) , when my mother needs me just as much to look after her daughter , but does n't have a big house and ca n't afford to pay . |