Example sentences of "[verb] its first big " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hanson made its first big UK acquisition in 1981 when it bought Berec , the maker of Ever Ready batteries . |
| 2 | INDIA 'S twenty-day-old minority government easily passed its first big political test yesterday , securing a parliamentary confidence vote by acclaim . |
| 3 | Group testing received its first big boost when the US entered World War 1 in 1917 to provide for the rapid classification of a million and a half recruits who needed to be assigned to suitable roles in the military machine . |
| 4 | A WELSH record company is celebrating its first big success thanks to a local band . |
| 5 | the real flying machines will be over in Swindon … the Foxhill Track stages its first big meeting of the year … all of Britain 's top Grand Prix riders are racing … |
| 6 | Shortly afterwards Wimpey won its first big oil-related job - a £10 million project to build 500 homes , a shopping centre , hospital , club house and industrial area . |