Example sentences of "[verb] a bigger [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I shall need a bigger wardrobe ; I think I saw one in that other bedroom . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd need a bigger size — |
| 3 | I 'll need a bigger spoon . ’ |
| 4 | You may need a bigger stable , safer fencing and a stock of supplies for foaling emergencies — such as bottles , teats , a foal rug and replacement milk powder . |
| 5 | A man weighs about as much as 3000 mice , and might need a bigger dose on the same scale . |
| 6 | But she 's right about one thing : we do need a bigger house . |
| 7 | ‘ They would need a bigger margin than that to mount a search down there at the bottom of the world . |
| 8 | The odds are you 'll now need a bigger loan , and the original endowment policy will not give enough cover . |
| 9 | Yet top rate taxpayers today provide a bigger share of our tax revenues than they did before . |
| 10 | Today only Seagate is still up there among the leaders , IBM is still striving to build a serious OEM business , and the big names alongside Seagate are Conner Peripherals Inc , Quantum Corp and Maxtor Corp , with Hewlett-Packard Co becoming a bigger presence . |
| 11 | Several economists in the City expect a bigger fall , to perhaps 3–4% by mid-1991 , as interest rates start to fall , and the poll tax , the rise in excise duties and the mortgage-rate increase drop out of the figures . |
| 12 | Most City forecasters expect a bigger fall in the current-account deficit . |
| 13 | Retailers expect a bigger improvement in June , but their expectations have proved to be over-optimistic in the past two months . |
| 14 | The majority of EC governments support Mr Delors in using the impulse of the moves to democracy in Eastern Europe , and the overwhelming backing for EMU shown at last weekend 's Strasbourg summit , to secure a bigger role for the parliament . |
| 15 | I want a bigger bike but she 's not gon na ride it until she 's had the baby . |
| 16 | ‘ I want a bigger basket than this . |
| 17 | Both West German federal and regional Parliamentarians also want a bigger say over EC legislation but they believe this should be assured by being made members of a new , upper house of the European Parliament . |
| 18 | I want a bigger range to choose from and hopefully this role will help me . |
| 19 | If you want a bigger car you take another test . |
| 20 | Though it still has no intention of selling directly , Microsoft wants a bigger say on how its products should be used . |
| 21 | Now he wants a bigger say in how the money he gives is spent . |
| 22 | Better than new and excellent opportunity as owner wants a bigger boat . |
| 23 | Well it 's not the grate , it 's the I think when we 've cemented it together it wants a bigger fireplace for that |
| 24 | Teacher : If you found a bigger box could we add it to the train for me to sit in ? |
| 25 | ‘ The aim is to provide a bigger market place . |
| 26 | ‘ Simensen now looks a bigger danger , and we will need to watch every move during the last two days . ’ |
| 27 | The three biggest US airlines — American , United and Delta — had hoped that approval of the BA-USAir deal would have been linked to their gaining a bigger foothold in the UK market . |
| 28 | The three biggest US carriers , American Airlines , United Airlines and Delta Airlines , had hoped that approval of the BA-USAir deal would have been linked to their gaining a bigger foothold in the UK market and argued that the original $750 million proposal would have given BA wide entry into the US market while restricting US airlines from further expansion into the UK . |
| 29 | A person with great power has a bigger capacity to set his own style of leadership , select his own subordinates and redefine the task of his work group ; |
| 30 | The old hydraulically-activated system had 10 small clutch plates , whereas the new one has a bigger 23cm ( 9in ) flywheel and four big plates . |