Example sentences of "[verb] the big [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | The truth is that my women friends really would n't feel much better if they were 19 going on 20 , 29 approaching 30 or nudging the big Four-O . |
2 | Yes , it would be fun to see the big Han on his knees and begging . |
3 | Recent projects have included the big Toyota plant in Derbyshire , the Honda plant in Swindon , Fujitsu in County Durham and Nissan in Tyne and Wear ( which is now to export cars to Japan ! ) . |
4 | While Democrats in Congress gave support to the President 's decision to launch the biggest US military operation since the Vietnam War , Russia expressed ‘ deep concern ’ for what it dubbed gunboat diplomacy which violated the UN Charter . |
5 | Flying past at 400 feet , not only could we positively identify the big de Havilland gleaming in the winter sunlight , but we could also read its appropriate registration , G-DHCB . |
6 | Every time he drove the big Volvo along those crowded motorways he knew that one random police check , one brush with another car , one moment of inattention would have a blue-capped officer leaning in his window , wondering why he wore a wig and a false moustache . |
7 | got the bigger Thomas have n't you ? |
8 | A recent survey showed the big London firms to be the most expensive in the world . |
9 | you know the bigger Hondas they 've got a big trailer which matches the bike |
10 | You know the big Young 's pub . |
11 | Flanagan began the big Bangor revival , winning the Ulster Cup and taking the club into Europe for the only time in their history as League runners-up two years ago . |
12 | Blowing the Big Chance |
13 | On the day I hit the big Four-O , the fog suddenly lifted and I celebrated non-stop . |
14 | Mary Reveley 's stable star was one of those affected by the virus last February , which meant he missed the big Cheltenham and Aintree meetings . |
15 | Between 1956 and 1960 the association had to fight for the right to enter the Big Berlin Exhibition as a separate group . |