Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I make big scenes for fun , because I adore drama , but I can also wait ten years , wait for the right moment to come . |
| 2 | I walk real slow , feeling my body all heavy , like I got big boots on . |
| 3 | Her teacher noted that she said , ‘ I got big bricks . |
| 4 | ‘ I smell big trouble . ’ |
| 5 | I told Big Ben all about the hijackers , Danny being in the refrigeration unit and how Jean and I were following them . |
| 6 | ‘ I hope Big Ben and the convoy made it in time . ’ |
| 7 | We have two grown-up children and one grandchild and I enjoy big family gatherings — the Italian influence again — with everyone seated at a round table . |
| 8 | I like big ones better though . |
| 9 | ‘ I like big houses , ’ he says . |
| 10 | There 's a lot of conservatism in the vocal world here , and they sometimes come to performances to compare if it 's louder or softer ; I like big voices and I 'm trying to collect every rich voice I can , does n't matter if it 's in Novosibirsk where we heard Gorchakova , but what I 'm saying is that it has to be a complex , not just a voice and something else , or not just actor and a bit of voice . ’ |
| 11 | I like big heads that are flat at the back , not pointed , and for that reason in recent years it is Korean males who have attracted me most , with their rich , straight black hair laid perpendicularly on that square-backed skull — always , to me , the sign of a male good at mathematics , the sexiest science . |
| 12 | ‘ Then I get big laff with them because I am by then very fluent in Chilean Spanish . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah I remember big bins was n't sort of sure what else |
| 14 | I suppose big Kath yeah . |
| 15 | Yet I knew big Sunday dinners and family get-togethers were behind the closed doors . |
| 16 | I saw big things that grew out of the ground . |
| 17 | I thought big brother would n't lose any time in making you welcome at Rocamar , Sarella . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I love big noses because I have such a small one myself . |
| 19 | I have to say I think big Stan took the wrong option then you know . |
| 20 | ‘ I think big clubs will always have to compete to stay at the top and these prices show the way the transfer market has gone . |
| 21 | unclear get to buy your own I , I er did n't have rubber boots , I had big leather boots up to me thigh , that 's what I bought and that leather then they did n't have nails in the shoes in the , in the bottom they had wooden pegs , so that the , your leather was held by wooden pegs and the and the leather at that time were the thigh boots , you could roll them right the way down , . |
| 22 | Over several weekends I humped big loads , all over 40 pounds , and actually became very fond of this pack . |
| 23 | I have big plans for Selina . |
| 24 | I have big hands and I need to be able to grab onto something and bend the shit out of those strings . |
| 25 | ‘ Dae ye remember Big Erchie the day we won the League Cup . |
| 26 | Investors on Wall Street have rarely been in such an uncertain state — which means big money is about to be lost and won |
| 27 | Which means big trouble for the originators . |
| 28 | CD-ROM would benefit telemarketing , sales and customer services departments , which need big databases and fast response times , while integrated telephone , facsimile and office software would be useful for administrators and secretaries . |
| 29 | I use a Shakespeare 13ft match rod , which enables me to play big fish on light tackle without undue fear of breakage . |
| 30 | ‘ I think you make big refinery out of small process . |