Example sentences of "[verb] the big man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Murnin is still on crutches after the much publicised incident involving controversial Crusaders star Kirk Hunter — but he has already forgiven the big man for the tackle which finished his career . |
| 2 | But a kid who got out not through sport but through The Word , and who would n't forget this blessing , even when he became the Big Man . |
| 3 | Trent bunched his knees up as a fulcrum and as the man hit them , grasped the big man 's trousers at the waist , heaving for his life . |
| 4 | Donna found the big man pressed close to her . |
| 5 | Not a few men lost teeth because they had met the big man at the wrong moment . |
| 6 | Antonio was positively bouncing with the honour of serving the big man himself . |
| 7 | Chen saw how the man came across , wary of Karr , eyeing the big man up and down as if to assess how much trouble he might be . |
| 8 | He could see the big man in his mind 's eye even now , lifting Berdichev and breaking him . |
| 9 | And now small and neat she overrode the big man behind his own — undoubtedly genuine eighteenth-century — desk as he opened his mouth to reply . |
| 10 | As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim . |
| 11 | Of course a real class defender can do all the thinking and playing to leave the big man to just climb all over the opposing centre-forward . |
| 12 | ‘ I swore , Lachlan Cattanach ! ’ he murmured , too softly to disturb the big man drifting in happy , relieved sleep . |
| 13 | I rang the Big Man up the next day after I had talked to him and said : ‘ When 's the next meeting ? ’ . |
| 14 | Pausing to watch the big man stride away , his broad shoulders bent as though beneath a great weight , Tilly despaired that she could do nothing to help him . |
| 15 | ‘ How did the Big Man hear so fast ? ’ |
| 16 | Sometimes I think the Big Man has the TV permanently on . |
| 17 | There was a big picture of him dressed in a fancy cowboy suit and Stetson hat , riding the pony Buddie had bought from a circus because it would n't allow the big men to ride on its back . |
| 18 | ‘ Comrade … ’ wheedled the big man with the pleading of a comic . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's Jackson Chatterton , ’ Rickie introduced the big man , ‘ and he 's my minder ! |
| 20 | ‘ Long time no see , ’ said the big man . |
| 21 | The two men greeted one another warmly , Tolonen hugging the big man to him . |
| 22 | He went across and embraced the big man , smiling fiercely . |