Example sentences of "[vb pp] the big [noun sg] " 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 | An immediate option for Tottenham was to have stripped the big centre-half of the captaincy at Elland Road and hit him with a hefty fine . |
| 3 | We 'd received a campaigns update from central office and had registered the big box pile up campaign with that campaign coordinator . |
| 4 | He was genuinely delighted that , in spite of last night , she had won the big race . |
| 5 | But bosses at the famous casino , which has staged some of boxing 's greatest world title fights , are confident they 've scooped the big prize . |
| 6 | Not a few men lost teeth because they had met the big man at the wrong moment . |
| 7 | That 's my chair said the big bear . |
| 8 | Oxfordshire snooker star Tessa Davidson has made the big break into the game 's elite . |
| 9 | Marius Gabriel The Original Sin ( Arrow ) Passionate big read that has had the big hype . |
| 10 | But Daly has had the big finger pointed at him before , for excessive drinking , for allegedly smashing up hotel rooms on the minor tours , for his whole attitude . |
| 11 | Well , I could go to the casting and asked him to put the pattern in and fire it for it , to cut the sand out like that , you know so that the metal 'd run in like that and you 'd got the big head as you wanted , you know and er it 'd take you like castings with the machine and all that sort of thing , it was all hand stuff you know and yeah |
| 12 | " I think we 've got the big boy and his calf , Chuck , " breathed Nathaniel Sherman . |
| 13 | I 've got the big place as well ! |
| 14 | Got the big notebook that 's looseleaf |
| 15 | Ten , you 've got the big hand on three and little hand on ten |
| 16 | And then I 've got the big soldier . |
| 17 | Novell Inc has finally produced the big restructuring that it has been planning and ( sort of ) denying for so long and which led to the departure of Tony Scrivens as UK managing director . |
| 18 | Got a club called the Big Bamboo on Wulff Road . |
| 19 | But you know we have to look beyond the first year or two , we have to look at what 's going to happen to that school over a much longer period of time , and quite frankly erm I would feel safer with erm what was called the big brother of the Local Authority . |
| 20 | This state of infinite density is called the big bang singularity . |
| 21 | At this time , a singularity called the big bang , the density of the universe and the curvature of space-time would have been infinite . |
| 22 | ONLY three Boxing day meetings have escaped the big freeze . |
| 23 | General Howard had meanwhile reached the Big Hole on 10th August and resumed his pursuit three days later , after watching his Bannock scouts mutilate the Nez Perce dead . |
| 24 | Norwegian television had followed the big race the previous year and about 100 kilometres from its end had stopped the leader to interview him . |
| 25 | Now there was a theory in the south of England , that when one retired , for the first year , you dumped most of your lump sum into premium bonds on the hope of a big win , and then after the first year you invested it , you see , having taken the big win . |
| 26 | Someone more thoughtful than the rest had ordered to be shut the big river gates that were at the point where the Ankh flowed out of the twin city . |
| 27 | Patrick was watching the gunman 's face when Tom Rooney had mentioned the Big Fellow 's name , and was surprised to see the reaction it brought . |