Example sentences of "[prep] the big time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I mentioned earlier this year ( 24 January ) the plight of a useful local scavenger , the scrapman , faced by a battery of anti-pollution legislation , intended for the big time operators . |
| 2 | WISE CHILDREN Angela Carter Carter 's obsession with performance gets a final airing as twin sister vaudeville actresses go to Hollywood and aim for the big time . |
| 3 | NOVELL AIMS FOR THE BIG TIME WITH RELEASE 4.0 OF NETWARE |
| 4 | Brothers Max ( the mechanic ) and Edwin ( the engine tuner ) both raced themselves ( bikes and car rallies respectively ) but quit when it became obvious that Bradl was destined for the big time . |
| 5 | Amongst the hundreds of small firms expertise is continually generated and a taste for the big time engendered . |
| 6 | Universities are ready to go for the big time and exploit their earning capacity in a way they have n't in the past . |
| 7 | Those behind the Premier League shudder at the prospect of them heading for the big time . |
| 8 | That means that after years of scrimping and saving at Charlton Lawrence should enjoy the luxury of preparing for the big time with money to spend . |
| 9 | It 's something of a comedown for the band who 've just had their first taste of the big time supporting Peter Gabriel in Europe . |
| 10 | The 18-year-old actor and dancer , who helps his dad out as a waiter at their Indian restaurant in London 's Wimbledon , has already had a taste of the big time . |
| 11 | It 's something of a comedown for the band who 've just had their first taste of the big time supporting Peter Gabriel in Europe . |
| 12 | Five of these are held in the US and five in Europe , including Plymouth , where a Scottish team could get its first taste of the big time if sponsorship was forthcoming . |
| 13 | But the starry-eyed youngster and his mother , Fawns , got a real taste of the big time when they saw last night 's programme going out live from the control room of Studio One at Television Centre . |
| 14 | As a special mark of favour , Rainbow has brought Naomi to see the acting debut of a lesbian country-and-western heart-throb who 's branching out and sidling towards the big time . |
| 15 | Their new single , Family , includes all these elements and could be the one that breaks them into the big time . |
| 16 | WHAT DO you do when your image as a bunch of glamorous rock'n'roll animals starts wearing thin , and you still have n't made it into the big time ? |
| 17 | So Barnes , a 25-year-old who was in park football two years ago , could be pitched into the big time barely a year after revolutionary surgery in the States saved his career . |
| 18 | Take That have n't had an easy time of it breaking into the big time . |
| 19 | You work and scrape your way into the big time , you achieve most of the things you want — houses , cars , gorgeous wife , foreign travel , all the things you dreamed of when you were a grubby kid — and then , when you settle back to enjoy them , it all goes wrong . ’ |
| 20 | Caine says the sacking was the first of many set-backs before he broke into the big time more than a decade later with films like Zulu and Alfie . |
| 21 | ‘ Robyn , you 've got to understand — Mark was under a lot of pressure ; as I 've said , this was his first break into the big time , a great deal was expected of him . ’ |
| 22 | Yep … thanks Chappie … you helped pull us back into the big time and gave us a lot of enjoyment ( even when you fell over when trying to control the ball : - ) . |
| 23 | Paddy Ashdown really is convinced that he can take the Lib Dems into the big time but not just yet . |
| 24 | Eight days after knocking out Errol McDonald on a low-key bill at Bury , the 25-year-old Dudley boxer steps unexpectedly into the big time to take on experienced champion Donovan Boucher , of Canada . |
| 25 | Otherwise a point at Hamilton the following week will earn Nicholl 's men entry into the big time . |
| 26 | It has taken him just five and a half years to make his mark in the big time . |
| 27 | Paul Newman , older , of course , and Steve McQueen arrived in the big time , too . |
| 28 | Because that 's the way you develop players , give them a chance of first-grade football and get them used to operating in the big time . |
| 29 | But Newton , known in the dressing room as ‘ Isaac ’ , still has to pinch himself to be sure he really has arrived in the big time . |
| 30 | Ian Spiro was a novice in this league but still acted like he was in the big time , joining Lomas Santa Fe Country Club where membership costs ‘ tens of thousands ’ . |